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Guido - Lecce

Tambourine use in dancing Tarantella after a tobacco worker was bitten by a tarantula.

Guido - Gallipoli 

Entrance to old town Gallipoli

 

More umbrellas 

Find John

Honeymoon couple “And we’re here for another two weeks."

Czech couple  -  Ugento 

Roma

Do bad paintings look better when photographed? We bicycled for hours through orchards of olive groves and saw no one, only the sound of the cicadas.

Otranto sunset

Train to Lecce. A seat with a view.

 After taking pictures with me, the gladiators were run off for being unlicensed. 

Art student - Roma

 

 

Hands of life and death 

 

Dissipated youth. Caravaggio. Bacchus

We found a fountain that wasn’t under scaffolding. Rome.

Outside or inside the wall?

Pope for sale.

Another room with a view. Rome.

 

Random photos i couldn't part with 2

Winchester

Guido, Milano 

Somebody’s idea of heaven - Milano Galleria 

 

 

Waiting for his ship to come in - Venice 

And the ship sailed on.

 Best Western Hotel, Venice? Who Knew?

Hotel ceiling in Venice over which the Johns disagreed.

Typical street fountain - Roman neighborhood

 Skip the pastries: have the gelato.

Room with a peach of a view. Monterado 

8’ long wall hanging - Palace Montreal

Taking the picture of the sunflowers. On the road Italy - Le Marche

Next to the cemetery

 

 

I made it to the F_ _ _ ing top. Abruzzo National Park

 

 

“The hills are alive"

 

 

DON’T FEED THE DEER! 

 

 

Barrea bikers 

Roman host - not a flattering pic, but I like the hat.

John contemplating another day in the car with me. Alberobello

 

Puglia fantasy

Photos that Big John Couldn't Part With 1

Whether because they were repetitious, didn’t tell the story, or just tasteless, these are some photos that were not previously included in the blog. But Big John could not let these go into the cloud unnoticed. They are in no particular order. More to come.

Urban Rome

Art school in an old slaughter house

 

 

Rainy evening Lecce (find John)

You can’t get there from here - Isernia, Italy

 Cafe in Ascoli Piscena - Roman nose and fading beauty.

Accessorize 

A day at the beach - near Rome

 

 

Venice graffiti 

 

 

Milano rooftop restaurant across from Duomo 

 Milano rooftop restaurant Best Wester Hotel 

He said I didn’t want to know - Wales

 Wales

 

 

 Llangollen, Wales

Wales

 

 

Shrewsbury, England

Observing the “First Class” bar from steerage - Virgin Airlines

 

 

Public toilette UK

Ancient ruins - near Roma

Stolen shot - Wales aerial aqueduct

On Rails to Wales - Simpler times

 Flowers on a hilltop - Wales