Une rue Aixoise....
Aix-en-Provence,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
Que bella! Aix is very similar to Rome, but at the same time very differentā¦.
Callie Neylan
La Place d'Albertas.
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originally uploaded by callieo!.
In Aix-en-Provence. One of my favorite spots. Aside from Monoprix, of course! Doot-n-doot-n-dow, doot-n-doot-n-dowā¦.although actually, I donāt think they play that song anymore. š
Les filles FranƧaises....
Les filles FranƧaisesā¦.,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
Here I am in France with the family I stayed with during my first trip abroad in 1996. I havenāt seen them since I left Aix-en-Provence and decided to fly up north to see them while I was in Rome. CāĆ©tais
Lining up at the bar.
Santā Eustachio,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
This is how they do it, Will. You pay first, to your right. The cashier gives you a receipt which you then take to the bar (on the left), and give it to the barista who makes your drink. Most people drink their caffe
Starbucks is a joke!!! Non giocondo.
Lining up at the barā¦.,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
Will, here are the Italiansā¦lining up at the bar. We went here, Santā Eustachio, after dinner tonight. I had an espresso con panna for one euro and 75 cents. Perfetto! Anyway, one of those spent demi-tasse cups is mineā¦.
The Italians.
Italian nun.,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
So, after looking at one of my classmateās photos, Iāve decided to focus more on the Italian people as subject matter, rather than architecture and inanimate objects. It must have been fate, because while we were enduring a long wait at the
Que bella!
Church in Pisa.,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
This is one of my favorite photos that Iāve taken so far; elegant and beautiful, I think. Itās a church along the river in Pisa (which I need to find the name of). I shot it as I was walking back
Andrea and the Jolly Bus (aka "bousse").
Andrea, the Italian,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
This is Andrea. He was our bus driver and spent the whole time in Parma and Pisa with us. He translated for us when Lisa or Chris couldnāt (e.g., most of the time). He also hit on a lot of the
Graffiti in Pisa.
War must stop!,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
We learned from an American physics professor teaching in Pisa that this town has a long, rich history of anarchism. There was a lot of political graffiti present, especially near the university there. I really liked Pisa. I wish we could have stayed
Lunch in Tuscany.
Tuscan church.,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
Last Wednesday, we left Rome for a four-day trip to northern Italy. Our first stop was for lunch in the small, hilltop villa of ā¦.. umm, I canāt remember the name. Itās on my schedule which is at my apartment. But anyway, it