Sunday, July 27, 2008

European Notes


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With apologies to Billy Joel, here is my European Grand Tour version of his great hit song "We Didn't Start the Fire"... as a warning, this IS the long version.

Reggiano Parmesano

Paddington Station

Gustavo and Elena

Prague

Cefalu’

Gelato

The British Library

San Marino

The Champs-Elyeese

Hyde Park

Davide, Daniella and Alesandro

Siracusa

Piccadilly Circus

Malibu

Katerina, "The Get Back Referee"

Roman Ruins

Big Ben

Fanta

The Dorm

The Tower of London

The Internet Café at the Dorm

Armageddon

Corleone

The Orsay Museum

Lucky, Federica, Danielle and Simone

Wearing Scarves in winter

The Pantheon

"Pony", Ika, Eduardo, Alicia, Ruggiero and Federico

“Obie Wan Cannoli”, a.k.a., Matt Epperson

Gino, Connie and the town of Enna

Westminster Abbey

“Mt. Etna’s erupting!”

Etoile d’Or

“The 39 Steps”

The glace at Berthillon’s

“The Big Bianco”, a.k.a., Brandon Bennett

The Deportation Monument

St. Paul’s Cathedral

The Medici Chapels

Padre Pio

Taormina

“The Doctor” Salvo Sicali

Spaghetti al nero

Cityper

Castel Sant’Angelo

Fratelli la Bufala

Baia Verde Runs

St. Peter’s Basillica

Green Park

Golf at Il Picciolo

Wind Jet’s on time air service

Covent Garden

Katerina and Bruno

MAC Officials

The Palace at Versailles

Giorgio’s Master Plan

Nutella Crepes

“The Woman in Black”

The Arc de Triomphe

Raphael

Schonbrunn Palace

La Sorbetteria Castiglione

The British Museum

Prague

Alcantara Gorge

Michelangelo’s David

The Two Marias

“But you can call me Smith”

Winter Midnight Run to Mt. Etna

Gianmarco and Simona

“Futtatini”

The Walled city of Lucca

Andy and Jenn get engaged in Rome

Festival of Sant’Agata

Caltanisetta

Nazi Pill Boxes

British House of Parliament

Monreale

Cristian DiMauro will hit you

Vienna

Massimo Tribulato

The Palermo Corsari at Catania pre-game fiasco

L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele

The Block of Discord

Alfonse Mucha

Taking Gustavo to the hospital

Meeting Laurie in romantic Rome

Piazza Navonna

Sainte-Chapelle

The Fiat Cinquecento

The Louvre

The Elephant Statue

Super Bowl Party starting at 2:00 a.m.

Fabio Russo’s fashion sense

Cemeteries

“Blood Brothers”

The Vatican Museum

Mike and Vanessa get engaged in Paris

Victoria Station

Street Performers all over Europe

The Trevi Fountain

Giulio and Fabio

221B Baker Street

The Duomo

Claudio and Roberta

Crazy Vespa/motorcycle Drivers

Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms

Buckingham Palace

Salvo, Tiziana, Riccardo and Guglielmo

The Twin Towers in Bologna

Wine Tasting

Mythos

The Autogrille

Caltagirone

“I do not know”

Gregorio and Alessandra

Al Tubo’s

The Italian Advertising Community

The Catania Fish Market

“MASAGEE?” by Linda at Giardini Naxos

Mike’s Graduation

The Swiss Guards

Cinque Terra

The Eiffel Tower

Havana Club Rum

St. Paul’s Cathedral

Pompeii

Mt. Etna Molten Lava Red jerseys

Acireale ‘08

Pino Anello, always interesting

Cavallo

Watching Enrico Lombardo run

The Charles Bridge

The Antique Market

Logrono

Renato Gargiulio

Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar

The Ponte Vecchio

“Madame Butterfly”

Savia’s

The Statue of Bob

“Elefanti Mai Stanchi!”

Jonathan’s

Tapas in Barcelona

The Palio in Siena

Piazza Armerina

Plaza Mayor

Pisa’s Field of Miracles

The Medusa

Palazzo Adriano and the Cinema Paradiso

Sicilian BBQ’s

Granita

Brunelleschi’s Dome

Piazza Bellini

The Crown Jewels

Peppe and Valeria

“EEMPOSIBLE!”

Atilio and Fundo Bianco flaming shots

Reverend Seth

The Royal Palace in Madrid

The Circumnavigation of Mt. Etna

Las Ramblas

The Pieta

St. George, the Dragon and now the Naked Woman

Visits by Paul, Joe, Mark and Susie

The Italian Communist Party

Francesca from Palermo

Sicilian Weddings

“Palermo = AIDS”

The Cathedral of Notre Dame

Caravaggio

CURVA NORD!

Fully decorated Sicilian fishing boats

Parking and Driving in Catania

Gilly’s stance

Santal Fruit Juices

“J Twice” and Christie once

Monday nights at Jonica’s Pizzeria

“The Night of the Broken Glass”

Getting mugged

San Gimignano

Puerta del Sol

Playing in the Elephant's post-season calcio game

Mathieu and Giordana

Cipollata

All of the Elephants!!!

Matteo Belfiore

Sagrada Familia

Agrigento

The Running of the Bulls

Lidos in the summer

Football practice all over Catania

And, finally, ALL MY GREAT NEW FRIENDS!


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