Trip to Italy - Squile


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June 9th 2009
Published: June 27th 2009
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Off to see my folks in Italy..... We left a cold and rainy England for the sunny and hot weather of Italy - more precisely, to Squile where my dad was born (literally the same house he was born in!). It's been 6 years since I last saw my aunt Zia Minucce! Basically all we did the trip was eat and eat! Since Greg Had just returned from the race in Turkey, we really didn't want to spend much time i... Read Full Entry



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we're getting closer to the falls!!!!
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the famous falls... as I mentioned, they buitl a viaduc bringing water from Naples to the Palace.....
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my folks with Annalisa and Greg...
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my folks, me and Greg
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Crap! we got to walk back to that building at the end!!!!
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getting closer.....
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the Palace....
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the ceiling at the entrance to the palace...
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at the entrance of the palace is the statue of Hercules - the god that King Carlos thought he related to the most (can we say major ego trip?!?!?!)
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The stairs leading up to the palace. The statue of King Carlos at the top of the stairs and 2 statues of lions to protect Carlos and the Palace..... everything is made out of marble (poor guy who has to wax it!!)
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The ceiling of the entrance...
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Only part of the rooms are openned to the public. This is the chapel
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the ceiling of one of the rooms....
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the room of justice....
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another ceiling painting....
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the coranation room... along the edge of the walls (the circular gold plates are portraits of previous leaders of Naples
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the ceiling of the spring room...
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more of the spring room...
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the summer room ceiling
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the fall room.....
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more of the fall room...I wouldn't want to clean that chandelier!!!



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