The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome in Italy |
March 28
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March 28 8:30am Sorrento: grand hotel la pace Nancy abandoning us to join the other German tour group. Impromptu German lessons await. |
 Olea europaea L. Family Oleaceae Ed's Pine Cone Well, not exactly a pine cone. From an Italian cypress tree, similar, but without narrow needles. |
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March 28 11:49am  PietramelaraI'm certain the entire town thought we were really really lost. |
March 28 11:54am  Pietramelara: villageGail's charming storybook village with old buildings nestled on the hill. |
March 28 12:05pm
March 28 11:58am| Pietramelara: village Sight lines at the top of the village make defense easy. Though, these days, one is more likely to defend against a wandering buffalo than any invaders. Pietramelara: village |
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March 28 12:08am | Pietramelara: village A-maze-ing. Little pathways and passages through town. Pietramelara: villageI'm familiar with built-in shelves and cabinets, but built in doormats! Very cool. But where do you hide the key? |
March 28 12:11pm
March 28 1:14pm | Pietramelara: village I wanted some euros, but it kept offering me Gone With The Wind! Near Pietramelara: restaurant ATM card is back via a series of helpful people. All is well with the world again. |
 Near Pietramelara:Delicious rustic food. The wait staff could use some more Italian lessons. |
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March 28 2:04pm | Near Pietramelara Impromptu lunch. With a police escort to the restaurant. What service! Near PietramelaraGifts from the mayor. |
Card of restaurant | Near Pietramelara: restaurant Anybody else notice that Italy is nowhere in the globe logo? |
March 28 4:35pm| Rome: outlying areas Have I mentioned that I like trains? |
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March 28 5:37pm | Rome: crayola trains I like the colors. Rome: over the rainbow Do leprechauns travel to Italy? Why yes, there is a pot of gold in the Vatican. A very very very large pot of gold. |
| Rome: papal apartment Top floor, second window from the right. I'm imagining that Pope John Paul is secretly an urban hipster inside. It may not look it from the outside, but his bedroom has polished concrete floors, modern potato chip molded plywood chairs, a low platform bed, and a single white calla lily in a milk glass vase. |
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March 28 6:28pm | Rome: hilltop park Serious copyright infringement issues here. I must report this to Disney Brand Management. |
March 28 3:59pm | Rome: hilltop park Something kind of scary about these puppets. I understand these are traditional and children have been entertained for ages, but they are kind of scary in an evil clown kind of way. Clowns. Shudder... |
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March 28 6:35pm| Rome: sunset Beautiful late afternoon golden light. It really picks out the hues of the Italian buildings. Pinus pineaFamily Pinaceae Umbrella Pine The bark of it's French cousin is used to make the extract pyconogenol- an anti-oxidant. |
March 28 6:35pm Cupressus sempervirensFamily Cupressaceae Italian Cypress This is one of the chubbier varieties- must be due to all that good Italian food. |
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