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Hiking above Lake Como (Italy)
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Recovering from the long trip from Chicago to Milan
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Enjoyed a free concert at La Scala following the death of their long-time conductor
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We shall meet on that beautiful shore
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A Juliet stand-in on a Verona balcony
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Too bad we couldn't hang around for the evening production of AIDA
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Hiking in the glorious Alto Adige
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The Belgian farm boy can still talk to cows
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Billy still wearing his undergraduate school's colors
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One can see Austria from here
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Don't try to talk with your mouth full, honey
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Enjoyed the impressive casework in this Dolomite chapel even though we didn't get to hear the organ speak
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Billy with pigeons and tourists in an unflooded St. Mark's square (thanks to propitious tides)
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Not the Hebrew shepherd boy I had imagined
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Billy grieves for the irreplaceable art lost at the Savonarola inspired bonfire
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We usually prefer vino rosso
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The best view of Florence is from Piazzale Michaelangelo
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Donatello's bronze of David (in Florence's Bargello) is more emotionally engaging, grasping the sword with which he beheaded Goliath
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The angle of inclination of Pisa's famous tower does seem precarious
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Remarkable the effort lavished on Italian cathedral floors, doors and pulpits
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Nice view from our Vernazza (Cinque Terre) pensione
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Gaining altitude on a Cinque Terre hike
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Not out of breath yet
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Maybe we'll take the boat back
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Particularly nice looking bather
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Our destination: Guvano nude breach near Corniglia (Cinque Terre)
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A potter whose vessels we brought back from San Gimignano
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The great tower from Piazza del Campo can be seen all over Siena
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Siena neighborhood chapels big enough to bring in horses for blessing before the annual Palio
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The impossibly ornate pulpit of the Siena Duomo
