Cortona 2007

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Other

Ready for bed

Mom, you're so tall!

Big smiles!

Mom and Gabriel

Bro Oli getting a foot massage from Tati

Goofy

Learning to read!
Just me

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Travelling.JPG

Me in Cali.JPG

My favy boyfriend!.JPG

Sleeping in Gatwick airport. 2003.JPG

Goofing around...2003.JPG

Me and bro in Florence

Me and sis Caterina.JPG

Me and sis Tatiana.JPG

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At Siena.JPG

By the fountain in Siena.JPG

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Zzznoozing!.JPG

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Marble dreams.JPG

At a friends' house.JPG

Hugs!

Uncle, Vinny and mom stopping for a breather.

Contemplating stuff....

Sitting on a well, probbaly watching a bird...

Mom, Lover and Vinny..happy family
Vacation 2006

My Uncle's Summer Resort

Summer Resort in the Tuscan hills

Birthday for mom and Vinny

Playing while Uncles watch over him

Proud Uncles, tossing him in the pool

Learning to swim with Mike

Lanna with Vinny and bro's being morons!

Oli tossed by the waves

Braving the waves

Atempting sand castle construction

Found a better use for the sand, ha, ha!

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Me and Lanna soaking up the sun

Mike, Vinny, Me, Lanna and Oli

The men in my life

Pool at Castelfalfi....gorgeous!!

Castelfalfi

Dad

Dad and Oli "Get in son!!!"

Oli and Vinny patroling the pool

Mom, Gabriel and Oli

Getting ready to be a football player!Ha

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Bro making sure the ancor is in place.JPG

Bro.JPG

Gabriel and Uncle.JPG

Dad.JPG

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Gabriel and Mom(Me).JPG

Us again.JPG

Closer up!.JPG

1 more pic!.JPG

Elba's coast line....stopped to eat..JPG

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Bro-Uncle.JPG

Yes, this is a snap of a butterfly..JPG

Gorgeous huh!.JPG

Weird looking bird...look hard.JPG

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Check out how clear!.JPG

The boat friend.JPG

Gabriel Vincent.JPG

Gabriel with granddad and friend.JPG

I love watermelon.JPG

Dream boat...um, with the sails of course..JPG

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Playing around.JPG

Whiskey at the beach.JPG

Puppy eyes.JPG

Doggy vaca!!.JPG

Napping.JPG

Would you leave me alone already!.JPG

Water games...me, Vinny and Uncle.JPG

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G.dad, bro and baby.JPG

Uncle and Vinny.JPG

Mom and Vinny.JPG

The water is cold mom!!.JPG

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Digging for treasures..JPG

Gabriel and mom.JPG

In the deep with G.dad.JPG

Out on a paddle boat.JPG

Napping.JPG

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Don't ask!!!.JPG

Um....braving the wind....hee, hee...brezze.JPG

Walk to the beach.JPG

Bro and Whiskey.JPG

Playing ball.JPG

Rock discovery.JPG

Getting sleepy.JPG

Hum...is it safe..JPG

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It rolls mom!.JPG

On the way home..JPG

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Siena 09.2006

Gabriel, on the train ride there.

Vinny with J.

Checking out the ladies.

Another pic from the train ride

View from the center of the Square, Siena

View of Square 2

View of Square 3

View of Square 4

One more....tremendous colors! Gorgeous

View of Square 5

Church in main Square in Siena

Detail of the Belltower

Amazing achitectural structures!

Amazing mural n one of the little streets

Another awesome affresco

Love this balcony!!!

Another cool alley

Another gorgeous view

Back alley

Awesome little terrace!

Bro keeping track of Vinny

Looking terribly serious

Checking out the main square

Entrance to the Cathedral and Museum Square

Front view of a museum

Close up of entrance to the Cathedral

Detail of entrance

Again...too beautiful!

Side entrance to the Cathedral

Side view of Cathedral

Detail of the Cathedral

Cathedral belltower

Sorry guys, totally forgot what this Catherdal is call...it

Walking around

Griffen Clan street

Flag of the Griffen Clan

Door bell! Cool huh.

Just an old building

I love these tiny alleys!

I want to have this terrace!

That awesome terrace again!

The Panther Clan of the famous bare back races held each yea

One of the many chuches

Old belltower

Me, my bro and Gabriel

One more mural...didn t age as well as the other ones.

Sitting down to relax a sec.

Spreading my freedom wings

View of Siena

On the way back home

Ha, ha...mom gimmy!!

Little rascal.
Family

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Silly Sister!.JPG

Even sillyer dad!! Ha, ha.JPG

G.dad and Vinny..JPG

Cutie sis chilling in an authentic Hungarian forest!.JPG

Bro and Gabriel.JPG

Brother Oli.JPG

Brother and sister dukeing it out.JPG

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Dad.JPG

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Adopted bros, actual bro and Vinny.JPG

Sisters.JPG

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Three generations.JPG

Brothers

Adored bro Oli..JPG

Oli and his guitar
Christmas 2006

Me and sis packaging gifts

Being squished by my dear sibblings!

More wrapping.

Lover being a bit of a moron! Ha, ha

Christmas presents! Yey!

Gabriel ready to devour everything

Grandma and grandson

Lover and Vinny

Sis Tati being silly

Nonna and Gabriel

Sibbling shot plus Grandma

Family affection

Making messes

Sis and bro

Poor me!

Sisterly giggles

Playing with his new car

Cousins

Bro

Taking a picture of me taking a picture of you

Hoping no one sees him

Me

Refuge from the storm

Grandma playing with Gabriel
FLorence 08-2006

Just entered the main center area

Street artists..she had an amazing voic

Tour anyone??

Me and Lanna

Oli and Gabriel

Stopping to eat Kebabs!!!

The Duomo peeking out at us!

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Left side of the Duomo

Detail of the Duomo

Detail...above front door

Main door to the Duomo

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The Duomo...part of it anyway!

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Detail

Detail 2

Detail of detail!!!! Ha, ha

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The Museum in Piazza Della Signoria

Copy of David

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Piazza della Signoria

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The Museum

Inside the Museum...the non paying part!

Inside Museum

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Giotto, detail of the University

Donatello, detail of the University

Leonardo Da Vinci

Dante Allighieri

Artistic University of Florence

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South view of the Arno

Ponte Vecchio

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Detail of Ponte Vecchio

Gold shops of Ponte Vecchio

Heading South on the Arno

View of Florence from Ponte Vecchio

Heading North

World Famous Gold shops of Ponte Vecchio

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Cute little restaurant

Flea market...awesome place! Ha, ha

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Bro Oli chilling

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Vinny being crumpy on this hot day!
Pets

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CopWhiskey with a rescued pup

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Thor and Lea.JPG

Silly kitten napping in the food bowl.JPG

Duke and Bro.JPG

Playing around.JPG

Pyro and White Sox.JPG

Sable with pup.JPG

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Victory!.JPG

Waiting for the comand.JPG
January Trip 2006

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Me and friends in Rijeka, Croatia.JPG

Zadar, Croatia.JPG

Bosnia.JPG

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Bosnian forest.JPG

Me and Vinny on the walking street in Sa

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More bullet holes.JPG

A few coins to know your weight.JPG

Courtyard of a Mosque.JPG

Dad having a Turkish coffee.JPG

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Don't walk....mines!.JPG

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Tower where Dracula was imprisoned. Hungary.JPG

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Champ and friend.JPG

Me and sis' at the castle in Budapest.JPG

Being a moron!! Again!.JPG

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Being an idiot! Um, that is a canon..JPG
Malta 01/2007

Having fun on the ride.

Just standing there!

View from our Hotel Room

Our Hotel Room

Messy! Too busy to tidy, plus they do it for you!

First day out and about in San Lawrenz

Random pic

First of the hundreds of Churches we saw.

Second Church (right next to the 1st one)

Detail of Church

Um....some rock!

Flower picking!

Now I'm happy, I got my red clover blossom!

Looking at fossiles in the rocks!

They really are quite fasinating!!!!

Trying my luck at cliff clampering!

In heels and a skirt mind you!

Wind tossed on the walk to the sea!

Posing by the "Blue Grotto".

Admiring the view.

Ok, so maybe he was looking at the view!

But I repayed him the favor!

I love this guy!

Lover boy!

Panoramic shot! Ha, ha, ha

Don't you just want to dive in??

Gorgeous sites!

"Azure Window" shot from above

Showing some leg!

Please, can I jump?!!

Soaking up the Sun.

His moment of reflection!

Tempting water again!

The "Azure Window", Dwejra Point

Close up shot.

Lover and me!

Part of history

Stopping for a rest in front of the Citadel.

Hee, hee....well. Make up your own mind

Citadel walls by night!

The Citadels' Catherina Cathedral by night.

Port town Mgarr, waiting to catch a ferry back to Malta

Church and girls orphanage in back ground

On the ferry leaving Gozo behind

Lover making sure all is good!

Coves used by pirates in their day, Comino

Look out Fort on Comino

St.Julian's Bay view from our hotel room.

View from Room 2

St. Julian's Bay

St. Julian's Bay2

Lover trying not to slip on the stones, St.Julian

Cute public trasport!

Outside the walls of Valletta

View from a Look out point on the Valletta walls.

View of Fort St.Angelo

View of the Harbour

View of Valletta

On our way underground to the Lascaris War Rooms

Staris along the walls going down into the War Rooms

Still travelling down...

Inside the walls on our way to the War Rooms

View from a wall-look-out-point

View 2

Fort St. Angelo

Grand harbour and Fort. Elmo

Entrance to the Grand Harbour, view Fort Ricasoli

Inside the Inquisitors Palace, Vittoriosa

View from the Seige Bell

View of Valletta from the Seige Bell

Without words

The Upper Barrakka Gardens

After a day of walking around!

Resting my tired legs a little.

Harbour view from the Upper Gardens

Valletta by night

Mdina, old capital of Malta

Lover posing on the walls

Closer view

Lover being a tease!

Giddy up horsey!

Trying to keep my skirt from flying up!

Street in Mdina.
Random/Places/Travels

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On our way to Budapest.JPG

My bike! Well ex-bike.SOB!

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Second house.JPG

Back yard.JPG

Barbecue area.JPG

Castiglion' della Pescaia, Tuscany.JPG

Beautiful Tuscany.JPG

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View from my house.JPG

Beach at sundown.JPG

Fog beginning to rise

There is a lake under there...

Outer walls of Cortona

Cemetary of Cortona surrounded by fog

The center of Cortona