Taylor Family Vacation - May 17, 1998

	Verona, Padua, and Venice
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	In Verona, this is known as Juliet's balcony, because it is at her traditional family home, and one can imagine the "Wherefore art thou, Romeo" scene. Actually, the man that wrote the original story (not Shakespeare) lived in this city.
	Just an interesting note about toilets in Italy. Whether public or private, they cost money. Either by buying something or paying a fee to the person in charge. This is the facility operated by the "toilet witch" in Verona, as they call her.
	In Padua, this is the "Basilica di Sant' Antonio." The town is small, but very well preserved, in terms of narrow streets and neighborhoods that appear as they have for centuries. The town is featured in Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew."
	One of the few pictures with all four of us. Here we are gently cruising down the streets of Venice in a gondola. There is another gondola nearby with Italian music for our group.
	This is a couple in our group that is traveling with us. From Michigan, they were married last Saturday, and are spending their honeymoon on this trip.
	As the Italian singer belts out "Santa Lucia," we pass the church which has the relics for which the song is named.