On the bus
It was a long plane ride...
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Italian countryside
Just after leaving the air port in Milan, on the way to Venice.
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Crossing the bridge
Going into Venice
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In Venice
The one place in all of Venice where I actually saw cars.
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"Venice"
Not really authentic Italy. Too many tourists!
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Grand Canal
Boats on the Grand Canal
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On our way
Taken from the boat we rode to our hotel.
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Old church
I first realized I was in Italy when I saw this.
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Hotel
Courtyard outside of our hotel...we hung out here at night before going to bed.
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Hotel
Our hotel in Venice!
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Going to dinner
Our first walk of many.
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Our first meal
Artwork in the first restaurant we ate at. I really liked the art in...
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Hotel room
My roomates and I got stuck across the street in a different building because...
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Good morning Venice!
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Dog wearing a muzzle
This reminded me of Lady and the Tramp.
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Statue near our hotel
I forget who this is.
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Canal
Usually when you think of Venice, you think of something like this. But the...
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Old church
At first I was taking pictures of every single one I saw.
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Museum of Erotic Art
We wanted to go in this place, just for kicks, but we didn't have enough...
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Ponte di Rialto
The most famous bridge in Venice.
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Grand Canal
Taken from the Ponte di Rialto.
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St Mark's Basilica
Probably the most famous building in Venice, and one of the most beautiful...
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Alley in Venice
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Phoenician glass demonstration
This guy made a glass vase in like...30 seconds. It was amazing to watch.
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The finished product
I bought a crystal pendant for emily and a red and gold vase/jar thing for my...
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St. Mark's Basilica from a distance
Taken from the other side of St. Mark's square.
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St. Mark's
Taken from inside Doge's Palace.
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Katie and Roslyn
In Doge's Palace.
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Grand staircase at Doge's Palace
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Artwork in Doge's Palace
Something I didn't like about Doge's Palace was the frescos inside....
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St. Mark's Square
Taken from the balcony of the basilica.
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Doge's Palace
Taken from the balcony of the basilica. For years, the palace was the...
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Mosaic on the outside of the basilica
Both the inside and the outside were covered with huge golden mosaics, but my...
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Belltower in St Mark's Square
I think this one was actually taller than the one at the Duomo.
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Two patron saints of Venice
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Kelly on a gondole!
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Katie on a gondole!
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Me on a gondole!
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Graffitti
There was political graffitti everywhere. As opposed to its American...
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Padua
Town Sqaure in the small town of Padua. We made a quick stop here on...
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St. Antonio Basilica
This was a pretty nice church. The tomb of St Anthony is here. There...
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Tombs in the basilica
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Courtyard in the basilica
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Rolling hills outside of Florence
I was listening to the album Wish You Were Here as we were driving past these...
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Our Hotel in Florence
A lot of these hotels were named after Renaissance artists. This was...
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Waiting to see David
This was the first place I started seeing all the illegal street vendors that...
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The Academia
Where David hangs out.
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Almost there!
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This guy was cool
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Dinner in Florence
Katie...messing with her camera.
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Hotel room in Florence
After we got screwed over in Venice, our hotel guide got us this really nice...
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Left view from our hotel room
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Medici Palace
Half was designed by Michelangelo, the other by Donatello. (Get out of the...
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Medici Palace
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The Duomo
The main cathedral of Florence. This was definitely the most amazing...
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Baptisery Doors
Ghiberti's "Doors of Paradise." Legend has it that...
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The Duomo
What I liked most about the Duomo was that, as elaborate as the...
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Beatrice Chapel
Small chapel dedicated to Dante's fabled "Beatrice."
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"Fake David" as we called it
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Ponte Vecchio
This is the most famous bridge in Florence. It is the only one that...
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That's talent
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St. Croce
Michelangelo, Gallileo, and Machiavelli are all burried here....
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It was election time
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Basilica near Assisi
There was a small chapel here that St. Francis and his monks used to...
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Assisi from the road
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St Francis Basilica
In Assisi. St Francis' tomb was deep underground and we climbed...
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Assisi
We climbed to the top.
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Street in Assisi
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Resting on the way up
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We took a wrong turn...
Nice church, though.
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The home stretch
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At the top
Michael, our tour guide, looking out over the hills. These were the...
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Castle at the top
We took too long getting up...eating lunch and going into stores and...
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St Francis Basilica
Taken from the top of the hill.
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On the way back down
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In Roma
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Waiting to get in
This is the wall that separates Vatican City from the rest of Rome.
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Courtyard in the Vatican City Museum
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Vatican City Museum
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Greek Statue
This inspired Michelangelo's Christ in The Last Judgement
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Greek or Roman Laocoon
Keep in mind that this was long before Donatello or Michelangelo. Amazing.
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Broken Michelangelo Sculpture
At least that's what they told us it was. But it looks nothing like his...
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School of Athens
I had no idea it was in the Vatican Museum. I jumped when I saw it.
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School of Athens (detail)
Plato points to the heavens, while Aristotle motions to the earth.
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School of Athens (detail)
This figure was added later, after Raphael was inspired by Michelangelo's...
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Outside St. Peter's Basilica
Taken right after we came out of the Sistine Chapel
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Inside St. Peter's
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St. Peter's Dome
Designed by Michelangelo. One of his last works.
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Vatican City
Taken from the steps of St. Peter's Basilica.
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Matt and Kelly at lunch in Rome
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St. Peter's from the road
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Subway
We took the subway to the downtown Rome district.
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Trevy Fountain
This was the climax of my "self discovery" during this trip. I owe a...
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Old Roman Structure
This must be one of the oldest standing structures in downtown Rome.
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Old Rome
New Rome was built on top of old Rome. This picture shows the...
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A declaration from Pope Pius VII that no ignoble establishments may be built...
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Zoomed out a little
I guess McDonald's doesn't count as an ignoble establishment.
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Where chariot races were held 2000 years ago.
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The Colisseum. Nuff said.
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Claudius Arch
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Latin class!
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Inside the Colisseum
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Inside the Colisseum
Taken from higher up.
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Tiberius Arch
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Roman Forum
Where merchants would come to sell their goods. "Downtown" old Rome.
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Old Roman temple
Converted into a Catholic Church.
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Roman Senate House
Where Julius Caesar was supposedly killed. "Et tu Brute?"
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Inside the Senate House
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Roman Forum
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Roman Forum
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The Pantheon
The was one of the most amazing structures I saw in Italy. And the...
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Door of the Pantheon
The light from the opening in the room was shining right down on us as...
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ASCENSION!!
"Look at this picture. It's like...GOD!"
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"Oculus" or "eye" in the roof
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Inside the Pantheon
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Kelly and Jordan's future
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The Last Supper
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Help
Western Europe
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