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I've made a fantastic effort not to use words like: incredible,
fabulous, terrific. amazing, temendous, astonishing, awesome, etc.
But be warned, you may still find a few agreeables, pleasants, even a
nice or two.
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16-09-27 - Vernazza, a definitive Ligurian view.
Table of contents
2016 Whole year
D409 16-09-18 Tuscany, San Quirico d'Orcia
D410 16-09-19 San Quirico, Vignone Alta, Bagno Vignone
D411 16-09-20 Rocca d'Orcia, Castiglione d'Orcia
D412 16-09-21 Siena
D413 16-09-22 Pienza, Montepulciano
D414 16-09-23 San Gemignano
D415 16-09-24 Montalcino, Abbey of San Antimo
D416 16-09-25 Departure Tuscany, Pisa
D417 16-09-26 Cinque Terre, Bonassola, Montaretto
D418 16-09-27 Coastal Path, Corniglia, Manarola
D419 16-09-28 Campiglia, Porto Venere, Views of La Spezia
D420 16-09-29 Portofino trip
D421 16-09-30 Framura, Farm lunch
D422 16-10-01 Monterosso to Vernazza, Departure
Gallery
Day1 - Tuscany, San Quirico d'Orcia.
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16-09-18 - Hotel Palazzuolo from our balcony.
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16-09-18 -
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16-09-18 - Charming alleyways and ...
essential tourist infrastructure.
D409 16-09-18 Tuscany, San Quirico d'Orcia
Day2 - Tuscany, San Quirico, Vignone Alta, Bagno Vignone
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16-09-19 - Have I experienced a change of heart?
... regarding the status of St. Catharine. Or am I mixing her up with St.
Catherine of Alexandria, or St Catharine of Niagara?
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16-09-19 - #1 for the Picturesque Portals series.
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16-09-19 - Cat + People + Car portals.
Should be numbered left-to-right 44A, 44B, 44C. The cat rules.
D410 16-09-19 San Quirico, Vignone Alta, Bagno Vignone
Day3 - Rocca d'Orcia, Castiglione d'Orcia.
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16-09-20 - DR retirement project?
Encountered on the hiking trail.
D411 16-09-20 Rocca d'Orcia, Castiglione d'Orcia
Day4 - Siena
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16-09-21 - It is the biggest flea-market ...
that you have ever seen.
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16-09-21 - Lighting a candle to St. C.
Her mummified head resides in the alcove on the right.
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16-09-21 - Renaissance panorama.
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16-09-21 - The cathedral.
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16-09-21 - Sorry, no wide-angle lens.
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16-09-21 - A balcony just made for public speaking.
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16-09-21 - Gelateria.
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Day5 - Pienza, Montepulciano
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16-09-22 - Too early for lunch. Pity.
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16-09-22 - Watering her flowers.
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16-09-22 - Picnic on the avenue.
D413 16-09-22 Pienza, Montepulciano
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16-09-23 - Pinocchios.
Good keepsakes for politicians who believe in "alternative facts."
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16-09-23 - Watch out DR. Those knives look deadly.
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V17-01-06 - She was actually looking at ...
the handsome Roman charioteer. And thinking of our own nic-nac wagon driver
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16-09-23 - Vertical panoramas.
D414 16-09-23 San Gemignano
Day 7 - Montalcino, San Antimo abbey
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16-09-23 - Popes, Aphrodites, Buddhas, and Davids.
Just discovered it recently during a review of the Italian pics. Is there
something about the Florentines we should know about? Seems to be based upon
Michelangelo's David, located in Florence.
In transit through Pisa.
Day8 - Departure Tuscany, via Pisa
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16-09-25 - First sight. The Baptistry.
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16-09-25 - 2 pm tickets. Our turn to go up.
The staircase spirals round and round inside the tower's walls. Which look
to me suspiciously like new concrete construction.
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16-09-25 - Repairs in progress.
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16-09-25 - We reach the belfry.
No, my pants are not falling down. That hanging cord had my camera on it.
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16-09-25 - Effortless, really.
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16-09-25 - Fakirs on a side street.
Note the sign on the wall: Cimitero Ebraico. Jewish Cemetery.
D416 16-09-25 Departure Tuscany, Pisa
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16-09-26 - The beach, on the way out of town.
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16-09-26 - View.
D417 16-09-26 Cinque Terre, Bonassola, Montaretto
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16-09-27 - A match, DR has Trenitalia train colours.
It came up to the second floor in the street below.
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16-09-27 - Vernazza, looking back, THE view.
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16-09-27 - Vernazza, looking back, landscape mode.
Looks more like a drawing now.
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16-10-08 - Compare pic in centre?
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16-10-08 - Vernazza?
The Olive Oil Industry makes every effort to keep this view fresh.
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Day14 - Monterosso - Vernazza, Depart.
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16-10-01 - WW2 pillbox.
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V20-06-17 - Manarola. FX
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- Cmp Dawson City for coloured architecture.
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84-08-11 - Also, St John's, NL.
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84-08-11 - Row houses.
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84-08-11 - Harbour mouth. Signal Hill, left horizon.
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84-08-11 - House with 10 chimney pots.
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16-07-05 - Wooden row houses.
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16-07-06 - Steep streets.
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16-07-06 -
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16-09-27 - Down to the harbour.
Day11 - Campiglia, P. Venere, La Spezia
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16-09-28 - Safe from Barbary pirates up here.
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16-09-28 - La Spezia. Cruise liner.
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16-09-28 - Improbable path down the ridge.
Do they have to carry the groceries all the way down from the top? Or is
there a hidden access road somewhere below?
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16-09-28 - Riomaggiore. Classic Ligurian.
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16-09-28 -
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16-09-29 - The Abbey, now a tourist enterprise.
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16-09-29 - Sorry about your inheritance, kids.
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16-09-30 - Dr Livingstone I presume.
D421 16-09-30 Framura, Farm lunch
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16-10-01 - WW2 pillbox.
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16-10-01 - Vernazza. Final view.
D422 16-10-01 Monterosso to Vernazza, Departure
picture.