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Blaire killing time in Cannes

Where did we park the yacht?

Kali's walk of fame at the Palais de Festivals without the parazzi.

Jodie Foster

Quinten Tarantino

Roadside lunch break in the shadow of Abby Monte Cassino

Abby Monte Casino where one of the largest battles in WW 2 was fought and the iconic MacDonalds sign. Ironic.

The bell tower and the Piazza B.Longo in Pompeii and the view from the top of it.

Overlooking Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius that we will be visiting tomorrow, but first, gelato!!

Daddy makes asacraficial offering to the volcano.

 Carol looking for a Geocache at the summit of Vesuvius. Its windy and raining so the kids take shelter while they eat their snacks.

Blaire demonstrating how to safely cross a Roman street.

The Inukshuk

Another offering to appease the volcano.

I had to take the picture just for the ashtray that is on every table here.

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We visited the Pompeii excavation wich was mind-blowing. Everything was as they left it 2000 years ago and with very few other tourists around, we were often alone in the streets and homes of this Unesco World Heritage site. With the low cloud cover and drizzling rain, it was......creepy.

Can't get much more original than this. The clouds have drifted in and its getting dark on the streets of Pompeii, but the kids still know how to have a good time wherevever they are. Here they are playing on the pedestrian crosswalk. The Roman cart axels were of a standard width and the cart could fit between these stepping stones. You can see where the cart wheels have made ruts in the paving stones. The streets and buildings are in such prestine condition that its not hard to imagine what the city was like before the eruption of Vesuvius.

 The women's public bath with the super-detailed tiles floor in the waiting room and the bath itself