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Christina walking to our apartment in Padova.
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The entry to our apartment.
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The main living/dining room in the apartment. It was wonderful! It was called Isabella Apartments, and had been in Isabella's husband's family for generations. It was like living in Italy!
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Living room.
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View from the balcony of our apartment...below is the Piazza della Erbe and across the way is the Palazzo dei Ragione.
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Every morning the Piazza della Erbe was filled with vegetable and fruit stands! The lower floors of the Palazzo della Ragione were cheese, meat, and other stands.
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View of our apartment (back corner above the fountain) from the Palazzo balcony.
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Christina shopping for dinner! Even our regular recipes tasted amazing...since somehow the tomatoes, leeks, mushrooms, pecorino, etc. all were more flavorful than what we get in the supermarkets here.
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Two customs in the evening we should adopt in the US: la passeggiata (the art of taking a walk in the evening) and spritz (!) which is sitting in an outdoor cafe enjoying a spritz (prosecco, aperol and a slice of orange).
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At dinner one night out the cook whipped up a new drink: the Carlopolitan! Nice to have a cocktail named after me! try this at home....(but it might be hard to find "wodka").
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Walking around at night in Padova we came across this store. SURE! This is exactly how the folks from Oregon dress! (not)
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We met up with our friends Fabrizio and Barbara one day. They took us out to the Montegrande winery in the Euganean Hills and then to their home for a fabulous dinner and great wine and company! Very warm and generous people!
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The Montegrande Winery.
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The Montegrande Winery.
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One day we explored the Orto Botanico (Botannical Gardens) which were founded in 1545!
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Christina and Karl at the Orto Botanico.
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Alien Sundew plants.
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Chillin in Vicenza.
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Evening in Padua, at the Piazza dei Signori...full out outdoor cafes!
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The Mille Miglia 2012!
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Evening at the Piazza della Erbe from our balcony. At night the university students would congregate, and put their bottles of wine to chill in the fountain.