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2009: A Recap (a few months late)

March 15, 2010

What an incredible year, 2009! This collection of photographs is a bit late, but it’s better late than never. 2009 was a time of great change for me, and with change, comes adventure. Here is a recap, a celebration, a time of thanks and joy for the places seen and memories made. What a year [...]

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Safaris and Pastas

December 13, 2009

Finally, I’ve gotten around to updating my gallery – a few months late. Most pictures from Italy, Africa and Argentina are up.  A sampler below.

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Finally! Gallery of August in Italy

December 12, 2009

It has taken me nearly four months, but I’ve finally uploaded a good selection from our trip through Italy in August. I’ve got to say that Italy is one of the best countries in the world. If all you had was a few weeks to explore Europe, GO TO ITALY. The history, the scenery, the [...]

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a picture is worth a thousand words: Open Windows

November 12, 2009

This was taken from our hotel window in Sienna. We had such luck here. We booked the hotel upon arriving at the train station and realized once we go there that we were staying in the Civetta neighbourhood – the winning contrada of this year’s Palio race. The hotel was old, gorgeous and large – [...]

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A picture is worth a thousand words: Pastel coloured Italy

November 10, 2009

Another shot of Verona. The city of love.

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A picture is worth a thousand words: Sky high in Verona

November 5, 2009

Traveling through Italy in the heat of August may sound crazy to some (heck, most of the locals flee the country during this time) but to me, it was heaven. There is nothing more sensual than walking through ancient villages in the hot humid heat of the Italian summer sun. Your mind turns to mush, [...]

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On looking Brazilian in Italy

October 26, 2009

Wow, do I ever look dark in this photograph.  A month in Africa and then a month in Italy will do this to you.  I’m finally starting to get around to processing oh, about 1000 or so pictures from the last 4 months of travel.  It is hard work and really needs some time. This [...]

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Conjoined twins

September 5, 2009

From the Museum of Human Anatomy at the University of Bologna. I just love morbid things like this!

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Bologna

September 4, 2009

City of porticos. When the guidebook said that Bologna is like no other city in Italy, it wasn’t kidding! So glad we didn’t miss this!

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Livin’ la dolce vita

September 4, 2009

No… I didn’t mean to write ‘Livin la vita loca’. You were about to break out into Riki Martin weren’t you? It has been five days, onetwothreefourfive, FIVE days since I’ve had real Italian gelato. How many days? FIVE. Why?! Why, you ask?! Because we decided last weekend to cross from Italy into Slovenia and [...]

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