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Botticelli's Birth of Venus, much nicer not on an apron. 

 

Trip to Perugia:

Eugenia's home.

Back to Firenze:

Hah.. okay, I won't.

Smile pretty, now.

Man on street sells one woman's shirt, unsuccessfully.

Climbing the campanile.

Consequence of Perugia. Favorite message so far: "Se l'amore, nomade benedetto,  è tuo ospite, tienilo caro", Azizoddin Nasafi.

Marina Turova, costume designer, in her home.

Hemingway, again.

View from my window.

Ferragamo museum.

Roman Holiday

Strangely modern view outside window of Vatican museum. 

Belvedere torso

Sistine ceiling- image rights owned by Japan's Nippon TV Network Corp (?!)

Pope's window/ Mussolini's window

Bernini's L'estasi di Santa Teresa 

Colosseum di notte.

Party at Trastevere!

Floating Italian over Colosseum?

Ancient Roman Forum

Rain through the Pantheon's oculus.

SI!

Prelude to Il Mondo Cambia, Prospettiva Fiorentina

First, some things that haven't changed in thousands of years, as seen in Stephanie's tour of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo:

Donatello's Mary Magdalen

Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise

E poi, election night in Florence- on the brink of cambiamento!

Break outside on the Arno.

Results as of 3:30am. Please note the McDonald's balloons.

RedLights/Grey Area- Amsterdam

First night on the canals.

Van Gogh Museum

Ryan, Steph (with Dali moustache), Izzy, me, Maggy, Darren, Alex

Adorable.

Where we spent Halloween night- pretty terrifying.

Danke, Berlin

Best thrift shops ever.

Our lovely host, Anna, took us out to waffles. 

Rent-a-Trabi

Bit of wall.

Getting settled in to the wonderful East Seven Berlin hostel.

Haha!

"Everything lasts either too long or not long enough"... ain't it the truth.

Brandenburg Gate

Frank Gehry's whale in the DZ bank.

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe... by far the most powerful I've ever been to.

CCCP Bar

I had to use a pen.

Italian Breakfast- Espresso served with water and a cigarette.

Berliner Dom

More chair photography.

The wall...

Foxy peeing on the Berlin Wall! Good boy.

Pergamonmuseum

So refreshing to be in a modern city!