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Family Pictures

That's me. I think I look high there, but ya know....o_O

And the whole family. Not too hard to pick me out, I guess.

The whole family plus my mom's sister's family. They rock. :)

My cousin Sonia and me at the 2003 family reunion.

On the little trolley at Hershey Park with the bestest cousins in the world. It was FREEZING.

My littlest brother, Andrew. Good cotton candy. ;)

My other little brother, Daniel.

Me, my sister, and my mom, respectively from left to right, after my sister's chorus concert.

Take it awaaay!

Me, just before the Good Charlotte concert!!! Yeah, I look weird there, too. Go figure. o_O

My brother the mad scientist.

My brother the choo-choo train.

My sister the flapper.

"Look fierce," said he. "Roar," said I.

Me looking all mysterious and evil. :)

My brother Andrew being a dork. Wonder where he got THAT from. ;)

Italy Pictures

That's the plane we rode over....Lufthansa.

Dad gives us the thumbs up. I got aggravated at how many pictures he took when we were there, but now I'm so glad he did. :)

Never having ridden on a plane before, the clouds absolutely FASCINATED me. They were so...perfect!

The Alps from who knows how high up.

Yep, they even had Blockbuster in Verona!

The Bridge of Sighs that connected the palace to its dungeon. You don't want to be walking that.

Some gondolas in the Grand Canal.

That's the Rialto, the biggest bridge in Venice and a major trading center.

Random tablet...but it's written in none other than....LATIN! :)

Taken from inside a castle...that's one of those arrow slots in the wall.

I know it's Venice, but it amazed me how the water really went RIGHT up to the buildings.

Erin and me with our gondolier.

We got to feed the pigeons in St. Marcos Square! Huge tourist place, but it was SO much fun!

More pigeons...

And more pigeons...

These pigeons are BOLD.

Ha...none of them pooped on me. :)

Hehe! I've got pigeons on my arm!

What did I tell you? BOLD!

What a look I've got on my face, eh?

Beautiful scenic overlook of Italy from the tallest tower in Florence.

Me, strolling through St. Marcos Square and feeling very sophisticated indeed. ;)

More scenic overlook.

Positively breath-taking. So picturesque. Even in real life, I mean.

Looking down the inside of the tallest tower in Florence.

Looking down the inside at US. Those stairs were an excellent workout. ;)

Random tall tower in Venice. I thought the sun behind it looked pretty cool, though.

In Florence, running into stone and marble masterpieces, such as this, were like running into a Starbucks here. Needless to say, I was in heaven... :)

Ahaa...ouch. Would hate to be the twisted centaur guy. o_O

Something about this statue really caught my attention. I love the upward composition, kind of reaching to heaven in self-inflicted agony. Hmm.

And of course, the resurrected "David". The original resurrected "David".

Haha! My mom found a scorpion on her pants one morning. o_O

The Grand Canal, the sky behind it approaching dusk.

A water ambulance, with the garbage boat hastening out of the way.

A line of gondolas.

St. Marcos Square....if those pillars aren't an impressive tribute to the ability of mankind, I don't know what is.

Erin and me on one of the many bridges in Venice.

Don't they look so happy...o_O

All four of us in front of the outlet for the Grand Canal.

My mom, my sister, and me in front of the Amphitheatre.

Awwww..... :)

My dad thought it was funny we could still think of shopping in a foreign country...like he's never had the urge to blow thousands of dollars on cute little trinkets in a glass shop...

The outside of the Amphitheatre.

The remains of the wall around the Amphitheatre.

That's where the emperor sat.

A view of half of the Amphitheatre.

A view from the top row of the Amphitheatre.

That was a wonder of Florence hundreds of years ago. Building the hugest dome was somewhat of a contest between architects, and that was the biggest one. Everyone else was baffled by this huge dome. Smart guy. o_O

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