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<p>[QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 7603096, member: 100459"]I was lucky enough to go to Rome on a family jaunt many years ago. I was 9 the first time we travelled through Germany, France, and Italy. I walked in the fountain used for the movie "Three Coins in a Fountain" which was also a song. My father had to do some quick talking to keep me out of some type of detention program. They didn't and probably still don't like Americans that think they own everything. I was 9 years old. I saw the statue of Romulas and Remis. We went down in the catacombs. My sister dared me to stick my arm in one of the openings that were used for burial. I went up the Tower of Pisa. (This was 1856) We were able to walk on the outside walkway then. Boy, did I have a ball. We travelled in a 1950 Studebaker Commander 4 Door Sedan. We went on the beach of the Mediterranean Sea. We were quickly rushed off the beach when my father found out it was a topless beach. I was too young to understand what the hubbub was about. There were so U.S. Navy ships off the coast. I'm sure they were getting an eye full.</p><p>Anyway, Italy is my favorite country aside from the U.S. We went to a museum and saw many things that I was too young to appreciate.</p><p>Thank you for your coins. They brought back many special memories.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 7603096, member: 100459"]I was lucky enough to go to Rome on a family jaunt many years ago. I was 9 the first time we travelled through Germany, France, and Italy. I walked in the fountain used for the movie "Three Coins in a Fountain" which was also a song. My father had to do some quick talking to keep me out of some type of detention program. They didn't and probably still don't like Americans that think they own everything. I was 9 years old. I saw the statue of Romulas and Remis. We went down in the catacombs. My sister dared me to stick my arm in one of the openings that were used for burial. I went up the Tower of Pisa. (This was 1856) We were able to walk on the outside walkway then. Boy, did I have a ball. We travelled in a 1950 Studebaker Commander 4 Door Sedan. We went on the beach of the Mediterranean Sea. We were quickly rushed off the beach when my father found out it was a topless beach. I was too young to understand what the hubbub was about. There were so U.S. Navy ships off the coast. I'm sure they were getting an eye full. Anyway, Italy is my favorite country aside from the U.S. We went to a museum and saw many things that I was too young to appreciate. Thank you for your coins. They brought back many special memories.[/QUOTE]
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