Trip to Italy - Squile

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June 9th 2009

Published: June 27th 2009

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Caiazzo

the centre of Caiazzo with the lovely hills in the background

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 in the car driving to different cities to visit so we kept it locally visiting Naples, Pompeii, and the Royal Palace of Caserta....
Unfortunately we were only there for a few days, from June 9th to the 14th. We are definitely going back sometime this year!!! hope you enjoy!

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Caiazzo

Unfortuately you can't see the lovely hills through the houses, it really was a lovely view - so lovely that Greg actually wanted to move there!!!

Caiazzo

this shot is a little bit better....

Caiazzo

view from Caiazzo of a little valley

Caiazzo

view from Caiazzo of some ruins - probably a house or barn....

Caiazzo

Greg striking a pose.....

Caiazzo

View from compare Tasillo's house.....

Caiazzo

still the view from compare Tasillo's house, I"m telling you, the pictures really don't do it justice!

Caserta

The gardens of the Royal Palace - it's a 3km walk to the falls...... that's my dad, mom and cousin Annalisa

Caserta

zooming in to the falls....

Caserta

Greg enjoying the heat.....

Caserta

more of the gardens... they have statues all around the trees.... king Carlos of Spain who had the palace built was into gods so you can see differnt statues of gods all around the garden and the entrance of the palace.