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Doyle, Myself, and a wedding cake?
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Trevi Fountain
at night, with flash on. oops.
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Trevi Fountain
At night; proper lighting.
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Trevi Fountain
a la verdical. a la blurry.
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Club Midnight
makes a wish
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Club Midnight
Photo Op #1.
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Doyle's Second Love
And here I thought only Tocco could make her jaw drop that far. (Whoa. off...
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O'Kane and Doyle
Caught in the act at "The Albert"
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O'Kane and Doyle
After collecting their composure at "The Albert" (Honesty, we travel...
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Colosseo
Mildly Damp
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Colosseo
Studio 53
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Colosseo
Good for him. One of many examples of the catholic church assimulating a...
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Arch of Constantine
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Colosseo
As much of the inside I was able to get without becoming a bitch to...
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Ruins
Complete with random Latin phrases
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Ruins
Aztec or Roman . . . quick, which is it?!?
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Ruins
Through the lens of my now wet camera
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Colosseo
Gettin' wetter by the minute
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Ruins
JC's remains were buried here. (The dictator JC, not the JC that...
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Alan Laurie and Me
On a traffic-less "ecological Sunday." I heart social democracies.
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Colosseo
Traffic-less, sans government vehicles.
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Colosseo
However impressive, Shineman would rather look at the cobblestones.
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Colosseo
as the cliche background for a stereotypical romantic European candid.
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Colosseo
Is the rain starting to get to you too?
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Vatican City
or rather enroute to, from a cleverly situated underground parking depot.
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Vatican City
Boarder Control. Wrought Iron and Marble.
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Vatican City
Oblisks. Totally not pagan.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's Basilica
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Vatican City
Ditto
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Vatican City
Encircled with a lot ot likenesses of dead popes.
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Vatican City
The Sistine Chapel.
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Vatican City
I guess its pretty big.
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Vatican City
Looking towards a real country.
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Vatican City
I'm sure Bernini had metal detectors in mind when he designed his famous...
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Vatican City
Italy has FUN trees.
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Vatican City
A blurry photo of Michelangelo's second most famous sculpture, "La...
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Vatican City
Pope John Paul I. Wax and all.
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Vatican City
BEHOLD! THE LIGHT OF GOD. Or the crapness of my camera. Your pick.
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Vatican City
My camera sucks sometimes. I don't know why.
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Vatican City
Still beautiful despite M Zack's ugly face.
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Vatican City
Where we sang mass three days later.
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Vatican City
The Latin lettering is 6 feet tall.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's or fancy airport terminal?
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Vatican City
Pope John Paul II's crest. Even though he's not a NOBLE!
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Vatican City
La Pieta from afar.
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Vatican City
And the heavens cried whilst I was inside
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Vatican City
And the swiss guard, in traditional jester garb, was caped.
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Vatican City
M. Zack, Danielle, and a lot of dead popes
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Vatican City
Columns Columns Columns Columns Columns Columns Columns Columns . . .
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Vatican City
A glimpse of Italy
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Spanish Steps
. . . and the associated press.
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Vatican City
The front door.
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Vatican City
I guess the fact that he has a lion's skin makes up for his broken off...
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Vatican City
Sun-behind-building-corner picture #1. Building: St. Peter's Basilica
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Vatican City
O'kane! Stay there.
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Assisi
Old city looking down on the new
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Assisi
St. Claire's Basilica
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Assisi
Now covered in iron stitches, following an earthquake in 1997.
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Assisi
The yellow crane was not originally part of the old city. It was...
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Assisi
St. Mary Major, also in stitches.
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Assisi
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Assisi
Build upon a strong love for stairs in narrow alleys.
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Assisi
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Assisi
Cool lantern. Very Europe.
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Assisi
For being put in stitches, these buildings don't seem very funny.
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Assisi
Cathedral of St. Rufino If you zoom under the main rose window,...
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Assisi
Sun-behind-building-corner picture #2. Building: Cathedral of St. Rufino
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Assisi
And with more belltowers, comes more stitches.
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Assisi
A roman temple. Perfect for converting into a church. Definately not...
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Assisi
Snow-capped goodness. Go Spring Break!
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Assisi
St. Francis's Basilica
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Assisi
PEACE! So sayith the shrubary
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Assisi
The silver hills of Assisi don't look to silver here.
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Assisi
But the freshmen seemed to like them.
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Assisi
Again with the stairs.
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Assisi
Okay, that enough of this town, and their stairs.
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Colosseo
Pellet takes on the Romans!!!
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Piazza del Quirinale
ME: "Yeah, I don't think THAT is a poor representation of Moses."...
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Museum of Modern Art
For those of you who come to Rome for MODERN ART, you'd end up here,...
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Piazza del Popolo
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A Gas Station
All 12 x 4 feet of it.
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Colosseo
Finally, a dry, well-lit shot of the damn thing.
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Napoli
Molo Beverello (Beverello Harbor). Looking up at various napolian tourist traps.
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Bay of Naples
Looking across the bay, one will see Mt. Vesuvius looming quietly in the...
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Capri
Marina Grande
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Capri
Marina Grande
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Capri
Enroute to The Blue Grotto, I chartered tan baseball cap guy to cart me and...
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Capri
Like an hour glass, the Island of Capri is most easily broached across the...
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Capri
This paradise is habitable?
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Capri
Mt. Vesuvius, across the bay.
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Capri
Mt. Vesuvius, across the bay. (The boat was rocking. How was I to know...
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Capri
Of course, no cliff-island would be complete without an elaborate...
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Capri
Tunnel or not, it didn't stop the romans from vacationing here 2000 years...
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Capri
For Sale: one mansion atop the island of Capri. Features include 7...
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Capri
Dover's got nothing on this place.
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The Blue Grotto
Okay, so what your gonna do is this . . . first, pay another 8.50 Euro, to...
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The Blue Grotto
Then, some Italian dude is gonna push your boat into a very small (or,...
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The Blue Grotto
Inside, with the flash on, its just your basic underwater cave. Good...
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The Blue Grotto
The Ancient Romans made a bathhouse out of it. Those clever romans. Also, I...
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The Blue Grotto
Maybe I should turn the flash off, so you too can learn why its called Grotta...
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The Blue Grotto
Ah, thats better. Wait no, that's blurry.
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The Blue Grotto
Still blurry
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The Blue Grotto
Atleast blurriness doesn't inhibit the color of the water.
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The Blue Grotto
God my camera sucks. Almost halucinogenic.
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The Blue Grotto
Or maybe if the rower would slow the fuck up for a moment, my camera...
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The Blue Grotto
Arguably the best photo from inside, thanks to the flash of the camera of my...
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The Blue Grotto
Dammit, no time no time! We're nearing the opening. Stop rowing you asshole!
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The Blue Grotto
Shortest 90 seconds of my life.
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Capri
And so begins three hours of perfect picture taking.
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Capri
Now on a budget, thanks to the Blue Grotto, I walk to the town center up a...
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Capri
Nice views though.
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Capri
And every yard was graced with either a lemon or an orange tree (middle upper...
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Capri
Less famous islands in the Bay of Naples
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Capri
One of my favorite pictures
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Capri
About as flat as it gets on this island.
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Capri
Look. Flying Butresses that aren't spiky!
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Capri
Sun-behind-building-corner #3. Building: St. Stefano Church
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Capri
The small plaza annex overlooking the Bay of Naples -- presumably built to...
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Capri
Speaking of Germans, they're everywhere. Even all the shopkeepers know...
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Capri
Proof that time goes by, even in Paradise.
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Capri
Seriously, who thought this place to be habitable?
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Capri
An island of cliff dwellers.
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Capri
Homes of the cliff people and Mt. Vesuvius. One of my favorite pictures.
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Capri
Pellet strikes Capri (foreground) just like Mt. Vesuvius struck Pompeii...
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Capri
The widest street I found on the whole island. What is that, six . . . six...
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Capri
A series of artzy pictures. #1 Notoriously Thompson style.
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Capri
#2
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Capri
#3
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Capri
#4
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Capri
#5
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Capri
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Capri
Followed by a series of Landscape photos. #1 Ready your eyes for a...
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Capri
#2
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Capri
#3
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Capri
#4
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Capri
And you thought I was kidding about the stairs on this island.
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Capri
#5
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Capri
#6
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Capri
#7
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Capri
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Capri
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Capri
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Capri
No, seriously. I went to Capri.
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Capri
Pellet Strikes Again! Taking in the Mediterranean sun and mocking me...
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Capri
A more conventional Capri street
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Capri
They'll build just about anywhere these days.
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Capri
Oh how we bostonites miss the color GREEN.
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Capri
The Bay of Naples, once again.
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Napoli Train Station, Track 15
Now, if I were religious, I would argue that signs of the Trinity are...
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Napoli Train Station, Track 15
So cool, in fact, that I had to take it twice.
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Napoli Train Station, Track 15
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