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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 3089647, member: 83845&quot;]It was amazing and over all too soon <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> thanks for asking!</p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up seeing a lot of things in Italy I haven&#039;t seen on previous trips which was great. I think some of the stuff I saw will make it into future post at some point.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still haven&#039;t downloaded all my photos from my camera yet (I&#039;ve had to travel for work to deal with crises since I got back <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) but here are a few highlights and tidbits.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]779360[/ATTACH] </p><p>The Boxer - this is a very rare intact Greek bronze work from the Hellenistic period that might possibly have been used as decoration in the Baths of Constantine and was certainly buried to keep it safe (probably from the sack of Rome in AD 410).&nbsp; It is stunningly impressive in person.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]779363[/ATTACH] </p><p>Obviously I spent time in every museum display room for coins that I could find <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]779373[/ATTACH] </p><p>Recent archaeological excavations have indicated that this is the exact place where Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BC... it is now apparently a colony for stray cats <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie31" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]779368[/ATTACH] </p><p>I can report back with confidence that the Roman Forum is as fantastic and impressive as ever...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]779369[/ATTACH] </p><p>...and that Tuscan wine will still get the job done <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]779371[/ATTACH] </p><p>But most importantly that my new new wife and I had as great of a first few weeks of marriage as could have been hoped for... this was at the Uffizi which I actual found somewhat underwhelming.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Haha Don&#039;t jinx me man I still haven&#039;t got back from my latest work trip! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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