| 25 September - Montereale. Today we drove about
in the mountains. |
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| Barcis 25/9/97 |
Dolomites 25/9/97 |
| Tracy and my mother, with the village of
Barcis in the background, on the opposite shore of Lake Barcis. |
Some of the Dolomite mountains, near Cimolais. |
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| Near Barcis, 25/9/97 |
Cimolais 25/9/97 |
| Water gushing into the Celina River. |
The viallage of Cimolais, with the Dolomites
rising behind. |
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| 27 September - Today we visited Venice. |
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| Venice 27/9/97 |
Venice 27/9/97 |
| Santa Maria Della Salute, on the Grand Canal, opposite
Piazza San Marco. |
Piazza San Marco. There were not too may tourists,
although by no means as empty as it can be in winter time. |
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| Venice 27/9/97 |
Venice 27/9/97 |
| Tracy beside one of the Lioncini (Little Lions)
in Piazza St Marco. |
Gondolas on the Grand Canal. |
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| Venice 27/9/97 |
Venice 27/9/97 |
| Grand Canal, from the Rialto Bridge. |
The Rialto. |
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| Venice 27/9/97 |
Venice 27/9/97 |
| Us, standing near the Bridge of Sighs. |
Campanille of Piazza San Marco. |
Better and more recent photos of Venice here
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| 28 September - We visited Slovenia. See the pictures here. |
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| 29 September - Back in Montereale, and it
was grape harvesting day in the family! |
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| Grizzo
29/9/97 |
| Here's Tracy
with a handful of grapes with two of Fabrizio's nephews, Vladimiro and Antonio. The grapes
picked today will be made into the local red wine by Fabrizio's brother, and also Grappa,
a strong spirit favoured in these parts. |
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