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The Palio

The Palio If like me, you have no clue what this is, its just one of the biggest yearly horse races in Italy. An unbelievable amount of tradition and pomp go into making this race such a spectacle. It starts from the moment your born if your family belongs to one of the contradas. And...

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Slade's Elucidation on August 22, 2008 from Siena, Italy

from the travel blog: Slade's Elucidation

tagged Siena, Italy, Tuscany and ThePalio

All about Trove

Trove (Tro-vay) is a 600 or so year old Tuscan farm owned by Ugo and Barbara Mariotti. It sits between the towns of Castelmuzio and Petroio in the Trequanda district of Tuscany, Italy. They've owned the place for 35 years, though for a long while their time was split between Italy and...

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Slade's Elucidation on August 17, 2008 from Petroio, Italy

from the travel blog: Slade's Elucidation

tagged Italy, Tuscany and Trove

Tuscany, and a little place by the name or Trove

We've been a bit behind on blogs, and have actually been in Tuscany since Tuesday. Our hosts, Ugo and Barbara picked us up from the train station in Orvieto and we drove through the countryside taking the long route back to their house. You know how in movies Tuscany is always portrayed as ...

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Slade's Elucidation on August 09, 2008 from Petroio, Italy

from the travel blog: Slade's Elucidation

tagged Tuscany, BoscoDellaRagnia, Trove and Petroio

Thine Vatican

Ok this is going to be abit short but I'll insert pictures for you. Vatican. Girls, no showing anything above the knees, no bare shoulders, they must be fully covered, no mid riff and I'm sure you get the idea. Guys, no shorts no wife beaters etc... Never mind all the naked statues everywhere or...

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Slade's Elucidation on August 04, 2008 from Rome, Italy

from the travel blog: Slade's Elucidation

tagged Basilica, Rome, SistineChapel and Vatican

Kilt's that irritate the Vatican security

For mom, Me in my skirt. El Commando

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Slade's Elucidation on August 03, 2008 from Rome, Italy

from the travel blog: Slade's Elucidation

Our first real day in Rome

The Eternal City We got into Rome around midnight and decided to spend the night in the city rather then pay for a night in the hostel. We caught a bus from the airport to the city centre, as it was so late most of the public transportation had shut down so we opted for wandering through the...

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Slade's Elucidation on August 02, 2008 from Rome, Italy

from the travel blog: Slade's Elucidation

tagged Rome, Colosseo and FontanaDiTrevi

Rome, Gladiators and heat

We're in Rome now and been checking out the sites. Taking pictures, eating the eats and checking out the gladiators standing around the Colosseum waiting to take a picture with ya. Our arrival was pretty good. Came in late, around midnight, and caught a bus to the main part of the city. It...

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Slade's Elucidation on August 01, 2008 from Rome, Italy

from the travel blog: Slade's Elucidation

tagged Rome

Update, Long Overdue

I know its been weeks since my last update, a lot has gone on...The first few weeks I have a journal of so maybe later I can come back and fill-in the blanks. But, as Im sitting here in the middle of the night, trying to rewrite old papers (ill explain) and write new ones, theres this...

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Amanda on July 21, 2008 from Rome, Italy

from the travel blog: Revelle in Rome

tagged StupidStealers and BadTimes

Solo 1 giorno alla partenza...

Ragazzi, ce l'ho fatta!! All'alba di sabato sera, nonchè il giorno prima della partenza, dopo ore ed ore di tentativi e numerosi bagni di sudore, anche la Telma (per definizione antitecnologioca) è riuscita a capire come scrivere su qst blog... bella per me!! Cavoli, mancano meno di 24 ora...

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Ari, Fra, Telma - Autostop per Xi'an on July 19, 2008 from Milan, Italy

from the travel blog: Xi'an!

Solo 2 giorni alla partenza...

NI HAO Eccomiiii...ragazzi mancano solo 2 giorni alla partenza!!!stamane sono riuscita a trovare spazio in valigia per le cose più importante del viaggio: LA NUTELLA e IL CAFFE' SOLUBILE...anche perchè chi mi conosce sa che non posso fare a meno di mangiare schifezze...Comunque "bando alle...

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Ari, Fra, Telma - Autostop per Xi'an on July 18, 2008 from Milan, Italy

from the travel blog: Xi'an!

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