Gatti

The hundreds of cats living in the Area Sacra Argentina are maintained by a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.











The cats at the Colosseo are feral.

Trenitalia

E464-002 leads the Leonardo express in to the airport station in Fiumicino (04 April 2006).

Work takes place in and around the station in Pescia on the morning of 04 April 2006.

Departing train board in the station at Firenze Santa Maria Novella.

Eurostar 500 trainset from Roma to Firenze and Firenze to Roma

Not far from the water tower, the steam-era water column appears fully functional in the station at Firenze Santa Maria Novella.

Tram tracks once connected Termini station with Via Daniele Manin.

Vesuvius can be seen from the platform in Napoli Centrale station.

Carrozza storica C283 outside Sorrento's main station was constructed in 1913.

In my failed attempt to explore a steam-era water spout in Roma Termini, I am visited by a cat and tower staff.

Some very fine Roman graffiti is found on along the walls of the Termini yards.

Roman trams meet in Piazza di Porta Maggiore, as seen from the Trenitalia tracks out of Termini from on board the Leonardo express (29 March 2006).

Marathon Day

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M signs autograph at marathon village sports expo.

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M smiles for the camera.

M slips into race face.

Sherpa sneaks into photograph.

M & sherpa unplugged.

M strides along the Tevere (Tiber).

The sisters stride through Rome and toward the Vatican.


Ten kilometres are completed.





Signs of the national election are everywhere.

M passes the mosque.

The half-marathon and cut-off point is passed with plenty of time to spare.

M flies by the fontana di Trevi.

Piazza Venezia greets the sisters.

Nana, Germain & Bapa cheer on Team Diabetes.

In the final stretch, M catches up and passes the back of the pack.

Only one kilometre remains.

The photographer is too far back to capture the sisters crossing the finish line - 7:22:44.

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Nana & Bapa are trapped in their Brindisi-bound sleeper car.




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Tree lover enjoys the acqueduct and the Appian Way.



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M pinches things in Firenze (Florence).


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At last, we reach the sea at Viareggio.

Ciao!