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Tourists, originally uploaded by scottpartee.

I’ve added the ability to post giant photos here. Does it break anything for you?

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Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

I love the standup espresso bars in Italy. They crank out coffee that is ten times better than the fussy cafes of Vienna, and it’s only about EUR 1.00 for a shot of espresso.
This is the selection of the morning: [...]

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Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

The first half (yup, I said half) of our Venice pics are now on Flickr.

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My set of photos from Trieste is finally on Flickr for those who are interested.
I took a lot of pictures—actually filled my memory card. For a four night trip, that is a bit excessive. What will I do [...]

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Something I hope to oneday soon put to the test is the following claim:
Seafood from the “Croatian” side of the Adriatic is superior to seafood harvested in the waters closer to the “Italian” side.
Venetian chefs are rumored to favor seafood pulled from the waters off of Croatia due to the fact that the sea bottom [...]

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Ooh! Ooh! Are you a good witch or a bad witch?
Strega is a special liquer from Italy. Named “witch,” it plays off of the idea that the town from which the product comes, Benevento, Italy (good wind) used to be named Malevanto, which means “bad wind,” in reference to the towns reputation [...]

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Today I was skimming through some entertainment news on some repulsive fucking website, and saw a blurb about the guy who managed to plant his seed into Heidi Klum when the following job title caught my eye:
Italian racecar tycoon.
If that’s not totally kick ass, I do not know what is. That, my friends, is [...]

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My conversion to Italian is nearly complete. I only cook “Italian Food.” I only crave “Italian Food.” I study it. I study Italian history, travel and culture. All I have left to do is learn to speak Italian and move to Italy! Oh ya! And I have to forget [...]

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Ha ha ha ha ha ha! HAAA! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

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Love it!
From what I can tell, the kid’s supposed to be a lion, and there’s something about ransom and doctors. I’m not too sure, my Italian is too meager.

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