Monthly Archives: April 2010

Florence

Thanks for stopping in to look at my Italy pix! This is the last day: Firenze!  I’ve always wanted to go to Florence and the day we were there was the day before Easter.  The crowds were out in full force and it was a chilly day.  Ethan had had it with museums, so I...

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Venice

Oh Venice.  I can’t even begin to explain. Venice wasn’t on our itinerary but Norman practically begged to go there.  The tickets on the Eurostar high speed train, from Rome to Venice, weren’t cheap.  We left Siena, came back to Rome, got tickets late that night, and got up at 4am to make the early...

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Siena

After two days in Rome, we hit the train station for a trip to Siena.  Once we got to Chuisi (if I spelled that right) we were directed to a BUS to get to Siena!  OMG!  I was wary at first about taking a bus ride, but it turned out to be a very pleasant...

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Rome, Part 2

This was day two in Rome where we started the morning bright and early at the Colisuem and then proceed on to St. Peter’s Square where we saw the Pope give a service.  That was something special……here we go….. Imagine, graffiti at the Coliseum.  Makes for an interesting shot. People were standing on the chairs...

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Rome, Part 1

I took a lot of pictures in Italy.  It’s been hard going through them to see which I should post on the blog and which I can leave alone.  So, here’s the first post, from one day in Rome, and there are a  lot of shots.   Let me say this about Rome:  The food...

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