Pictures from Italy during our trip there in September 2000, as well as some old pictures from 1989.

Rome

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1. In front of the door to David's family's old home in Rome on Via dei Leutari

2. Campo dei Fiori, September 2000.  Not much has changed in 10 years.

3. The Roman Forum, September 2000.  Not much has changed here in 10 years, either.

Sicilian Landscape

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4. A field on the way to Mt. Etna.

5. Old red municipal building on the road to Piazza Armerina.

6. Sicilian interior.

7. Julie with Mt. Etna in the background.

Stromboli, Aeolian Islands

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8. The island, basically a volcano sticking out of the Mediterranean, with the black sand beach in the foreground.

9. View from our hotel, with another black sand beach.

10. A view of Strombolicchio (the rock in the water) during the ascent to the summit

11. Village on Stromboli during hike to the summit.

12. The volcano itself.  Note the steam from the crater and vents.

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13. A view of the lava field that falls to the sea during the ascent to the summit.

14. Sweaty and tired.

15. Sunset over the Mediterranean from near the summit.

16. Eruption of the volcano.

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17-19.Sunrise on Stromboli

Villa Casale, near Piazza Armerina, Sicily

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20. Mosaics from Casale, the ruins of an old villa from about the 4th century AD.

21. More mosaics.

22. Julie and a bunch of columns.

Greek ruins at Agrigento, Sicily

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23. A beautiful view of one of the temples at Agrigento.  Be assured, the rest of Agrigento isn't beautiful at all.

24. More ruins.

25. David in front of "the best-preserved Greek temple in the world".

Capri, August 1989

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26-27.  Sunset from Anacapri, August 1989.

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28. Panorama from Anacapri.  This image is made from seven photos I took from the Anacapri (looking the other way from the sunset pictures above).  The picture is probably wider than your screen, so don't forget to scroll to the right after you click on it.

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