Ian's Pictures

My conspicuous absence from many of these pictures is due, in fact, to nothing less than my conspicuous absence from the rest of the family during much of the trip. I struck out on my own! I brought my camera along and endeavored to photograph the Rome, Tuscany, and Venice you couldn't see in books or on the internet--which generally amounts to being a little closer and (perhaps!) a little more intimate to these subjects than usual. I hope you enjoy the pictures and the stories as well.
Ian

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The Idylls of Calf Land

Pronto di Lengua

Random photos from Roma

Here's some more shots, the Alfa they wouldn't let me bring back on the plane, the ancient ruins of the Palatine, high atop Rome and adjacent to the Forum and Coliseum and of course the view leaving St. Peters after being refused an audience with the Pope for the fifth and last time.

More people

...and more people in various locations, Rome, Siena, Florence, and Volterra, a dreamlike otherworldly place on an incredibly hot dry day...

People Shots

We have had several requests for people shots, so here they are. The one at top right is Frank dutifully writing postcards where we stayed in Bagno a Ripoli, Tuscany. The rest are from Rome. You might recognize St. Peter's Square, the Coliseum, St. Peter's Basilica, and the fountain at the Piazza Nuovo. Ian is, as usual, off galavanting on his own.

Forum, Rome

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Rome.

Here is Ian reading in the hotel room, with the great dome of St. Peter's reflected in the window.










This is Frankie & Gwen standing in a light shaft in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Rome. They don't like the shot, but Annie does.

Castel Sant'Angelo

Annie thinks the statue of Sant'Angelo, St. Michael, looks like Ian.

Coliseum, Rome

Shots taken by Frank of the Coliseum.










She's bloody gorgeous. whoever she is.