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| The rugged Cinque Terre coastline |
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| Swimming at our "beach" at Riomaggiore |
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| The town of Riomaggiore |
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| Breakfast on our small balcony overlooking the town and ocean |
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| Looking down on the town of Vernazza |
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| The same two in the same place 11 years ago |
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| Vernazza |
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| Hiking the coastal trail |
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| Hiking to the town of Monterosso |
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| Same place 11 years ago |
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| The town of Manarola |
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| The same place 11 years ago |
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| Amazing sunsets over the sea |
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| Sea Kayaking with the girls |
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| Looking back over the harbor at Riomaggiore |
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| On to Pisa and the obligatory tourist photo |
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| Can 4 people really fit in a spoon? They can in Florence. |
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| Looking back over Florence from Piazza Michelangelo |
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| Florence - Open air art in the Loggia |
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| Florence - Duomo |
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| Florence - the magnificent Uffizi Gallery |
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| Florence - Ponte Vecchio bridge over Arno River |
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| Florence - Medici Chapels (more marble than you can imagine) |
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| Florence - Medici Chapels and sculptures by Michelangelo |
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| Florence - Michelangelo's David at the Gallery dell' Accademia |
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| Headed South and the hilltop town of Civita |
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| Civita - hanging around smelling the roses |
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| Nice spot for dinner at the end of the day |
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| Left the car at Orvieto and on the train into Rome |
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| Rome - Vatican Museum |
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| Rome - Vatican Museum (horrendous crowds) |
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| Rome - Vatican Museum and the School of Athens by Raphael |
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| Rome - in the Colosseum looking down on the Arch of Constantine |
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| Rome - Michelangelo sculpture of Moses |
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| Rome - The Ancient Forum |
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| Rome - The Arch of Titus showing the Jews being taken to Rome after destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD |
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| Rome - Three Tenors concert in a church |
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| Rome - the mighty Pantheon |
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| Rome - the Victor Emmanuel Monument (also known as the wedding cake) |
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| Rome - Heather in St Peter's |
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| Same place 11 years earlier |
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| Rome - St Peter's |
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| Rome - riding around in the park |
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| Rome - sleeping or checking out ceiling of the Gallaria Borghese? |
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| Rome - Gallaria Borghese |
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Rome - Spanish Steps
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| Venice - Doge's Palace armory |
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| Venice - Doge's Palace artwork |
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| Venice - the spiral staircase |
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| Venice - Sprung with a mouth full |
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| Venice - masquerading |
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| Venice - glass blowing on Murano |
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| Venice - colourful Burano |
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| Venice - busy waterway (sun came out as we left) |
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| The Dolomites - yes Heather is in bare feet |
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| The Dolomites - one of many snowball fights |
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| Enjoying a lolly-pop in the car |
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| Not much has changed |
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| Driving into the Dolomites (they had had a storm last week and plenty of fresh snow) |
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| Magnificent scenery in the Dolomites |
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| The Dolomites yet again |
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| Hiking in Alpe di Siusi |
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| Heading to the top of that mountain |
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| Snowy trails |
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| 2490m near the top |
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| Light nourishment for the journey down |
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| Heading back down (you can see the Alpe di Siusi plateau in the background) |
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| Almost out of the snow |
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| The alpine meadow |
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| On a sunny day 11 years before |
