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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it's difficult to fathome how big the city was and the damage it caused! the volcano is in the background.
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the entrace floor of a home. the mosaic seemed like a carpet! unbelievable how talented they were.
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another mosaic. you can also see some paintings on the wall...
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a road in the city
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more ruins
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the corps of a man as the lava hit...
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some statues that survived
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another road in the city
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more ruins
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mom & dad taking a little break in the shade....
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the garden of a house
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the details are really amazing
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a painting in a house
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a wall of a house
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another wall
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me trying to keep cool in the shade....
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a small house that was more or less still intact after the volcano
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a garden of a house
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the wall of the garden
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another road, Mount Versuvius in the background...
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more ruins...



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