The walls of Lucca beckoning!
(note how tiny the person is! the trees actually grow at the top of, and in, the walls!)


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This is the La Spezia train station, as we left Cinque Terre for Lucca on Friday, September 4th.


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Just a few images today, from the Italy trip...

Cherub inside Immaculate Conception (Chiesa Immacolata Concezione) on Via Veneto in Rome (where the Capuchin Crypt and Guido Reni painting of St Michael are):


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September 3, 2009


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September 3, 2009


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September 3, 2009


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As a point of reference, we flew into Pisa and took the train to Cinque Terre via La Spezia.

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Sunrise in Madrid on September 2nd, 2009, as we waited in the Passport Controls line to travel on to Pisa.


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I felt like the food deserved a post devoted to nothing else...

Cappuccino in Rome, just across from the Capuchin Crypt... so amazing!

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We stayed at the Da Baranin B&B in Manarola (Cinque Terre), the Ostello San Frediano in Lucca, and the Crosti Hotel Apartments in Rome.

This was our view from the small patio terrace in Manarola:


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