FAMILY PHOTOS 2017 Collage


NYE Rome

Florida Winter Vacation

Heel of Italy

National Parks – CO/NE/SD/ND

Croatia

Other

 

New Year starts in Rome (for full trip photos file click here)  

  December 29, 2016 - January 4, 2017

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City Tour (images from post cards)

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Ostia Antica (images from web sources)

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Vatican tour / St Peter's (images from web sources)

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Vatican tour / Papal Museum (images from web sources)

 

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Florida Winter Vacation

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Heel of Italy – May (for full trip photos file click here)

HEEL OF ITALY (Apulia)

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Lecce City Tour

 

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Visiting the Castle

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“White City” on a hill / Ostuni

 

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On the road to Matera with stop in Alberobello

 

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Overview of Matera

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(above image from web source)

 

 

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On the road to Vieste with stop at Monte Saint Angelo

 

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Arawjo Group visiting Shrine of St. Michael the Archangel

  

 

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Free time in resort town of Vieste

 

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(afternoon gelato break with Linda and Tom)

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Arrival in Bari / City Tour

 

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(very old theatre on square and pre-tour gelato)

 

Basilica of St. Nicholas

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Cathedral of San Sabino

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2017 National Parks – July (for full trip photos file click here)

 

Rocky Mountains, Black Hills and Grasslands

Start in Colorado

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Visiting Bear Lake in RMNP with friends Don Musselman and Ella Blume

 

 

 

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Next to Nebraska

  

Scotts Bluff National Monument in western Nebraska includes an important 19th-century landmark on the Oregon Trail and Mormon Trail. The National Monument contains multiple bluffs located on the south side of the North Platte River; it is named for one prominent bluff called Scotts Bluff,

 

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Off to South Dakota

Crazy Horse Memorial Monument

The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. It will depict the Oglala Lakota warrior, Crazy Horse, riding a horse and pointing into the distance.

   

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore,

 a batholith in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota.

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Arrival and walking Presidential Trail

   

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Now to North Dakota

Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a United States National Park comprising three geographically

 separated areas of badlands in western North Dakota.

   

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Return to South Dakota

 

 

  

 

    

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Croatia - September (for full trip photos file click here)  

Opatija

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Town stroll…followed by seafood dinner

  

Time to visit old, old places in Pula and Rovinj (Istrea region)

 

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View of Rovinj (next two images from web sources)

 

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Saint Euphemia Cathedral

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Hearty “Arawjo” nomads

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City tour of Split

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                       Cathedral and Bell Tower of St. Domnius                                              Temple of Jupiter

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An evening of fine dining at DVOR (image on left from web)

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Tuesday September 26

Morning City Tour

 

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Mid-day visit to the Cable Car Station/Panorama

 

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Tyler and Michael visit Duke

Jack and Dianne Visit Seattle

 

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