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Milano's Duomo all completly marble
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Outside walls of the Duomo
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David kills Goliath
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Very ornate doors
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Archway to the stores
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Stainglass windows inthe Duomo
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This is as near as I can get to owning a Prada
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On the plaza
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Confessional
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Cleaning the inside of the Duomo
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View from on top of the Duomo
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Topside
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Statue of Leonardo Di Vinci
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By the statue of Leonardo Di Vinci
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The castle
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The castle now houses 12 museums
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The draw bridge
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The mote
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Ski park on the outside of the castle
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The Ferrari Store
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The wedding party is arriving the night before the wedding - behold the bride Maria
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Teaching her dad how to use her digital camera the night before the wedding.
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Friends and family continue to arrive as we sit down to dinner
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The bride in all her radiance
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The groom
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The food
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The day of the wedding is so cold we huddle together by the radiator to get our toes warm
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Here comes the bride!
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Two witnesses
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Man and wife - what God has joined together let no man put asunder!
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Signing the official documents makes it all official
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What an honor
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Finally, it is official - This man and his officail wife.
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The married Maria
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We prepare to sit down for the 8 course italian wedding supper. Sorry. I was too busy eating to take pics. It was all divine.
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Magdelena and Theresa from Austria
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This was so worth it. First we met in Israel and now Italy. Next in Austria for Theresa's wedding
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The gangs all here but not really - Maybe at the next wedding
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Yes, that is a pig and a carrot
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Singing songs of zion
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The next day I had the priviledge of giving Magdelena the grand tour of downtown Milano
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This is all I could afford from the Louis Vuitton Store - a photo in front - But we did go in. Of course no one paid us any mind.
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Oh dear, my knight in shinning armor has fled the scene
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Next to this church is the building where The Last Supper is painted. No pictures allowed folks - just take my word for it. I was there.
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My final trip to the Duomo before leaving for home. Not much pictures as we are not allowed to take pictures in the museums
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My view on the airplane home
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So much snow - for me, Italy only in the summer
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