Oct. 1 - 17 (first two weeks)
 Weird wall thing at Amsterdam airport |
 Barry at AMS airport |
 Drive from Nice to Italy |
 Cafe at San Remo |
 Barbara waiting for Avis in San REmo |
 Italian Riviera |
 One of our three or four cars! |
 San Remo & cruise ship |
 Ligurian Sea |
 Rose-Marie cooks |
 Rose-Marie, Rosanna & Lynda at dinner |
 Rose-Marie, Rosanna, Lynda & Barbara Our first dinner at the country house |
 At home with the group & Barry at dinner |
 Wash day in Lucca |
 Doorknocker #1 Lucca |
 A beautiful door in Lucca |
 Monk on a Lucca street |
 Our first restaurant in Lucca |
 Lucca church |
 Lucca hero, Puccini |
 Barbara saluting Puccini |
 Puccini rules ! |
 Lucca church |
 Great architecture and details |
 Lucca square |
 Children's fencing class in Lucca |
 Lucca chiesa |
 Labyrinth on church wall |
 Church carving details |
 Lucca church |
 Lucca clock tower |
 Madonna wears Prada |
 Montecatini dei Terme The Excelsior Spa |
 Carousel in Montecatini Terme
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 Snacks in the furniture store in Carrara |
 Carrara square |
 Stopping at Carrara marble studio |
 Li'l Smith? at Carrara |
 Beautiful sculptures in marble studio |
 Rose-Marie and Marble carving |
 Barry examines carving |
 Barbara, Peace & Warriors |
 Lynda under marble dolphin |
 Nice family & good sculpture studio |
 Rosanna at the marble studio |
 Modern marble carving |
 David looks on ... |
 Our first view of marble mountains |
 Incredible view of marble mountains |
 Waiting for the marblecave tour |
 Barry socializes at marble cave |
 Star Woman sculpture |
 and her story |
 Barb & Barry ready for cave tour |
 Lynda & Barry greet the
paparazzi
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 Bruton Restaurant bartender on the road from Lucca |
 Rose-Marie's watercolors |
 Rose-Marie at country house |
 ..... and Lynda |
 ...... and Rosanna |
 ..... and Barbara with the gals |
 Barry a.k.a. "Marcello" with the gals |
 Trompe d'oeil painting in Lucca gallery |
 Door knocker #2 |
 Ahhh, life in Tuscany Rose-Marie & Lynda |
 Lynda & Barry at the cafe |
 Roseanna & a glass of good vino San Gimignano |
 Ravioli with truffles |
 Sausage & salad |
 San Gimignano cafe |
 German students play in San Gimi square |
 Classical music by students in San Gimi square |
 The main square in San Gimignano |
 Exploring San Gimignano |
 Lynda at Lucca cafe |
 Barbara & Rose-Marie before the concert in Lucca |
 Barbara & Rose-Marie in Lucca |
 Lynda ready for the Puccini concert |
 Cheese shop in Lucca |
 An entire wall of Lemoncello |
 Simon the Singer at Lucca Square |
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 Tiny figures made out of chestnuts |
 A booth of chestnut products |
 View of Cascio courtyard |
 Barry enjoying the festival |
 Man roasting chestnuts |
 Tables for chestnut dining |
 Lynda, Rose-Marie & Barry at Chestnut Festival |
 A plate of delicious chestnut items (including pig's cheek, eeek!) |
 Lynda in Cascio |
 View from Cascio |
 Chestnut Festival goers eating in inner courtyard |
 Scene through a covered archway in Cascio |
 Another archway scene in Cascio |
 Cascio tower |
 A rooftop in Cascio |
 Beautiful stone houses |
 Peeking at man eating chestnuts |
 A courtyard dining area |
 Whole village of stone |
 View of Cascio square |
 Cascio view |
 small walkways and steep stairs |
 Sonya sells her chestnut honey |
 Music and song in the square |
 Musician at the chestnut festival |
 Cones to hold the hot chestnuts |
 Rose-Marie watching the festivities |
 He's really enjoying himself |
 Preparing for the feast |
 A poodle ... couldn't resist! |
 The fellas roasting the nuts |
 There's always a supervisor |
 Locals enjoying the festival |
 wood for the fires |
 She's making chestnut crepes |
 A handful and more of chestnuts |
 Two women frying chestnut doughnuts |
 Yummmm - really good doughnuts |
 He prepares his roasting sticks |
 She told me she's from England |
 Church towner |
 An emblamed saint in small town |
 Celle dei Puccini |
 Paula in Celle dei Puccini |
 Celle dei Puccini scene |
 Beautiful flowers in Celle |
 Puccini family tree in the museum |
 Fred plays Puccini's piano !!! |
 Looking out of window of Puccini family house |
 Puccini composed the opera Madam Butterfly on this piano !! |
 This was definitely a high point for Fred and for all of us !! |
 Livingroom of Puccini family home |
 Sewing room in Puccini house |
 Puccini was born in this bed |
 Vesica Piscis in Celle dei Puccini |
 plaque on outside of Puccini house |
 Entrance to Puccini house |
 Back of Paula's spider web shirt |
 Barbara at Celle dei Puccini |
 .... and the Maestro himself |
 Great Barga restaurantowner gave us free wine! |
 Barga Alto where women pump the gas |
 Doorknocker #3 Barga Alto |
 Barga Alto door |
 Barga colors |
 Church in Barga |
 steep walkway in Barga |
 Political poster in Barga ...love the hands! |
 Great wrought iron door in Barga |
 Even the smallest street carvings are good |
 Bargo Alto view |
 Doorway in Barga Alto |
 Great colors for the buildings |
 An art studio |
 Doorknocker #4 Barga Alto |
 Doorknocker #5 Barga Alto |
 Narrow street in Barga Alto |
 An artist's studio in Barga Alto |
 Window flowers in Barga Alto |
 I forget who this is but obviously he's important |
 Statue in Barga Alto to the heroes of the world |
 Lovely villa, garden and gate in Barga Alto |
 Steep stairway in Barga Alto |
 Two more doorknockers (6&7) and beautiful wood doors in Barga |
 Doorknocker #8 in Barga Alto |
 Beautiful entryway with stone and iron in Barga |
 Lovely scene and I LOVE the bottles ! |
 Big wash day in Barga |
 Barga with wonderful colors |
 Doorknocker #9 Lucca |
 Doorknocker #10 Lucca |
 And two lovers in Lucca |
 Marconi's restaurant in Forte de Marmi |
 Paula, Fred & Rose-Marie in Forte de Marmi |
 Fred, Paula, Rose-Marie & Lynda at Marconi's |
 Farewells with "Marcello" on departure day |
 Lynda, Barbara & Rose-Marie arrivaderci ! |
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 Paula in the handbags! |
 Fred afraid of handbag prices! |
 Linda & Barry in Lucca |
 Fred & Paula in Lucca cafe |
 Barbara at lunch in Lucca |
 Paula & her Translator |
 Doorknocker # 6 Lucca |
 Cat in Lucca window |
 Part of the HUGE Lucca Antiques Fair |
 Incredible handmade church Lucca Antiques Fiar |
 Lucca street and more antiques |
 Flea market items at Lucca |
 Linda & Barry in Assisi |
 Barry & Fred conversing in Assisi cafe |
 Linda & Barry laughing in Assisi |
 Paula & Barbara nose to nose in Assisi |
 Fred & Paula at cafe in Assisi |
 Fred at cafe in Assisi |
 Paula in Assisi |
 Linda making a pointin Assisi |
 Linda looking skeptical in Assisi |
 Barry, our driver extraordinairein Assisi |
 Marcello the Lover in Assisi |
 Marcello & vino rossa in Assisi |
 Assisi church |
 A monk in Assisi |
 Assisi stairway |
 Same stairway, different person |
 Doorknocker (#7) Assis |
 Fred & Linda on Ponte dei Diablo (Devil's Bridge in Borgo a Mozzano) |
 Linda & Barry on Devils Bridge over Serchio River |
 Linda & Barry closeup |
 Barbara at Devils Bridge |
 Barbara looking up |
 Photo from Devils Bridge of Serchio River |
 Fred walking below bridge |
 View of Borgo a Mozzano from Devils Bridge |
 Barbara & Linda enjoying the bridge |
 Closeup Barbara & Linda |
 Barbara & Barry at Devils Bridge |
 Paula waving from bridge |
 Another shot of bridge and Borgo a Mozzano |
 Fred, Paula & Linda perusing map |
 Closeup of them with map |
 Strange little restaurant in Borgo a Mozzano |
 Fred in strange restaurant |
 Paula looking strange in strange restaurant |
 The Devil's Bridge or Bridge of the Madonna (take your pick) |
 Small gift shop in Borgo a Mozzano |
 Outsude if the strange restaurant in Borgo a Mozzano |
 Mood photo of Bridge reflection |
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 The bridge again |
 Linda & Paula waiting for the boys |
 View from the Bridge |
 Italian fisherman at the Bridge |
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 Fisherman fishing |
 Art Nouveau on railing |
 Nice iron work at Bagni de Lucca |
 Statue at Bagni de Lucca |
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 Fred at the condom machine in Bagni de Lucca |
 Bagni statue aghast at Fred at condom machine |
 The other statue is also aghast |
 Mountain top village of Pescaglia (scary drive) |
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 Wrought iron fence in Pescaglia |
 Linda & Paula Pescaglia |
 Barbara looking at mountains from Pescaglia |
 Barry exclaiming !
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 Fred & Paula hugging (nice!) |
 Soldier statue in Pescaglia |
 Pescaglia village street |
 Paparazzi at Pescaglia |
 Strange globes in Pescaglia |
 Ahhhh, Paula & Fred |
 The front terrace at the country house |
 Train station at Lucca |
 Paula at the country house |
 Paula closeup |
 Farewells to Paula, Fred & Linda |
 Closeup shot |
 This photo with Marcello |
 and again, farther away |
 Paula's tiedye shirt from the back |
 Pisa Tower details |
 More details |
 The Leaning Tower of Pisa |
 We're at the Duomo in Pisa |
 That tower again |
 and again .... |
 and again .... |
 Barbara at Tower |
 Long shot of Barbara at Tower |
 Barry at the Tower (can you see him?) |
 Fred at the Cafe in Pisa |
 Paula at Cafe in Pisa |
 Yep, it's Paula |
 Barry chuckling in Pisa |
 Linda at cafe in Pisa |
 Linda again |
 Farewell to Pisa |