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| Even on a cloudy day, the colors of Rome are warm and welcoming. |
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| On the way to our favorite restaurant, just off Piazza Barberini |
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| It's raining, and umbrella sellers pop up like mushrooms. |
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| Via della Purificazione in the rain, going downhill to Piazza Barberini |
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| Sun at last |
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| A skeptical John Paul II and a wonderfully Latin Pope Francis on postcards near the stairs to San Pietro in Vincoli |
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| A poodle with a halo on the stairs to San Pietro in Vincoli |
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| Michelangelo's Moses in San Pietro in Vincoli |
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| Permanent Halloween ... |
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| A nun climbs toward San Pietro in Vincoli |
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| Toward the end of "la passagiata" in Teramo, Abruzzo. The whole center of town is exclusively for pedestrians. They're even suppressing the sidewalks. |
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| Stones from ancient Roman tombs used to build the ancient Romanesque Duomo |
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| Checking out the death notices, is she thinking "I'm still here!"? |
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| Nobody could explain why the lion was in front of the panel. |
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| A more typical post-coffee conversation among Italian men would be hard to imagine. |
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| The Duomo in Teramo; brilliant sunlight and black clouds ... |
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| How many pit stops on US highways offer narrative poetry? |
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| Carrousel in Teramo |
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| Heavy weather coming in across the Gran Sasso, Italy's tallest mountain, as we are leaving Abruzzo. |
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| The proverbial light at the end of the tunnel ... |
