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Inside Florence's Palazzo Pitti BIG Inside Florence's Palazzo Pitti BIG Inside Florence's Palazzo Pitti BIG Inside Florence's Palazzo Pitti BIG Inside Florence's Palazzo Pitti BIG BIG Italians manage to do interesting things even with a simple street corner like this one in the Oltrarno area of Florence (near Palazzo Pitti) BIG Italians manage to do interesting things even with a simple street corner like this one in the Oltrarno area of Florence (near Palazzo Pitti) BIG Fog over the Arno BIG An old man in Rome at Christmastime BIG Fontana dell'Acqua Felice ( BIG Fontana dell'Acqua Felice ( BIG A lion in the Fontana dell'Acqua Felice ( BIG Le Quattro Fontane are four small fountains at the intersection of Via della Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in Rome. Each one is set into a corner building and dates from circa 1590. BIG Attempting to open my Avis rental car's frozen lock, in Cortina BIG Towing away my useless Avis rental car, in Cortina BIG A dog in the snow in Vicenza, Italy. BIG A dog in the snow in Vicenza, Italy. BIG A villa's gates in a light snowfall in Vicenza, Italy. BIG A villa's gates in a light snowfall in Vicenza, Italy. BIG Stairs in Verona, near the Teatro Romano BIG View over Verona after a January snowstorm BIG New Year's Day with my fourth Avis rental car in a week. One tire had a slow leak. BIG Gondolas in Venice, just in front of St. Mark's BIG A working boat in Venice BIG The Italian idea of the West, in Venice, in January BIG The Minoan Lines ferry from Greece arrives into Venice BIG BIG The river that flows through downtown Cortina (in the Dolomites) BIG A cemetery in Cortina. I couldn't help wondering how many died in ski accidents. BIG BIG Laundry and Jesus in Cortina BIG Mailboxes and a Dalmatian, in Cortina BIG An Akita in downtown Cortina BIG BIG The taxi driver who took me to Bolzano from Cortina after my Avis rental car (first of four in a week) became useless. BIG State of Dante in Verona BIG BIG BIG BIG At Christmas time, the Veronese tack this bizarre sculpture onto the Roman Arena, indicating that the creche exhibit is on. BIG BIG BIG View of Verona's Piazza Erbe from the Torre dei Lamberti BIG View of Verona's Piazza Erbe from the Torre dei Lamberti BIG BIG BIG BIG Underneath Verona's Arena during the annual creche exhibit BIG Verona's Arena, completed in AD 30, is the world's third largest Roman amphitheatre BIG BIG Verona's Castelvecchio at night BIG From the bridge (Ponte Scaligero) leading to Verona's Castelvecchio BIG Verona's Castelvecchio at night BIG Along Verona's riverfront at night BIG In Verona's Piazza Erbe BIG In Verona's Piazza Erbe BIG Making a call from near Verona's Piazza Erbe BIG In Verona's Piazza Erbe BIG In Verona's Piazza Erbe BIG In Verona's Piazza Erbe BIG In Verona's Piazza Erbe BIG Most of the dumpsters in Verona are painted in interesting ways BIG A tour group in Juliet's garden, Verona BIG Tourist rubs Juliet's breast, Verona BIG Statue of Shakespeare's Juliet, Verona. Note the shine on her right breast from the rubbing of tourists' hands. Note further the doorway behind the statue where lovers leave notes. BIG Lovers leave notes behind the statue of Shakespeare's Juliet, Verona. BIG BIG BIG Verona's Ponte Scaligero, constructed in 1354 by Cangrande II, blown up by the Germans in 1945, dredged up by the Veronese and rebuilt after the War. BIG Verona's San Zeno Maggiore, built in 1123 BIG Franco at the bar of Verona's Due Torri Hotel Baglioni BIG A bad picture of Sirmione, on Lake Garda BIG Ducks in the fog on Lake Garda BIG One duck in Lake Garda BIG One of the many tunnels in the 34-mile road around Lake Garda BIG One of the many tunnels in the 34-mile road around Lake Garda BIG Verona's San Zeno Maggiore, built in 1123 BIG Vicenza's Teatro Olimpico, Europe's oldest surviving indoor theater (designed by Palladio in 1579) BIG Vicenza's Teatro Olimpico, Europe's oldest surviving indoor theater (designed by Palladio in 1579) BIG
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