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Posted by satchmo on Fri Sep 30th at 5:49am 2005

I am back!

After spending a week in Lake Como (the Italian Alps, where Anakin Skywalker took Padme on their honeymoon) and a few days in Florence, I just got back from the airport a few hours ago.

Of course, the first thing I do is check the SnarkPit forum. I'll have a few photos loaded up soon enough.



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Posted by Crapceeper on Fri Sep 30th at 7:10am 2005

Welcome home Satchmo


I'm looking forward to see these photos.



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Posted by ReNo on Fri Sep 30th at 8:43am 2005

Welcome back man, hope you had a wonderful time! You've been missed <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by satchmo on Fri Sep 30th at 10:51am 2005

Here are a few representative photos from my honeymoon:

This is the view from our honeymoon suite in Varenna (one of the villages in Lake Como).

This is the panorama of Varenna from the hike to the castle above the town.

Notice the small distant church to the right of the lamp in this picture . We actually hiked all the way to that church hanging on the edge of the cliff in less than an hour because we had to catch the last ferry back to Bellagio. As you can imagine, the view was magnificent.

There are more pictures, of course, but I'm uploading the rest of them to YahooPhotos.



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Posted by fraggard on Fri Sep 30th at 11:05am 2005

Welcome back Satchmo! I'm sure you had a wonderful time <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">


PS: If you chose that place because of the star wars movie, then... man, you've just moved up to a whole new level of geekdom <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">




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Posted by Dark_Kilauea on Fri Sep 30th at 11:11am 2005

It's good to have you back, did you take some pictures for textures? <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">



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Posted by Captain P on Fri Sep 30th at 11:41am 2005

That's some very good pictures, Satch! I assume you had a great time in Italy?

I've been to Italy once too, in Roma, Firenze and Napoli. It's a good-looking country for sure. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

Oh, and welcome back... <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">



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Posted by satchmo on Fri Sep 30th at 12:41pm 2005

We had a great time. I am writing a travelogue for the trip. It'll be posted at my blog.

Here are the pictures I uploaded to YahooPhotos. These aren't as large as the ones I posted above, but there are more of them.



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Posted by Nickelplate on Fri Sep 30th at 1:10pm 2005

La casa benvenuta, mio fratello!

You missed a crapload of debates i've had with various ppl. Catch up on it and let me know what you think.




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Fri Sep 30th at 3:05pm 2005

Wow what a beautiful place to honeymoon! That's awesome Satchmo, and welcome back.




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Posted by Captain P on Fri Sep 30th at 3:11pm 2005

Hey, you've been to the Ponte Vecchio as well. Bought something for your wife there? <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">



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Posted by satchmo on Fri Sep 30th at 4:34pm 2005

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Bought something for your wife there?


No, she has absolutely no interest in jewelry. In fact, I think I was the one who was browsing. She just wanted to get to the next hike.



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Fri Sep 30th at 4:48pm 2005

Wow, you're really lucky to have found a woman whose not caught up by expensive things like jewelry. My father always thought it was the biggest waste of money... buying something nice and expensive that my mom was too scared of losing to wear.




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Posted by Nickelplate on Fri Sep 30th at 4:53pm 2005

? quoting Addicted to Morphine
Wow, you're really lucky to have found a woman whose not caught up by expensive things like jewelry. My father always thought it was the biggest waste of money... buying something nice and expensive that my mom was too scared of losing to wear.

So true. Quite a woman, she seems. I think I'm pushing it just asking for someone who isn't a bitch or boring or uber-insecure like all my others. But I've got a renewd hope now that I hear of this woman who actually WANTS to go on hikes and stuff.




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Posted by rival on Fri Sep 30th at 7:02pm 2005

those pictures are amazing. ive always wanted to visit italy. anyway welcome back!


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Posted by satchmo on Fri Sep 30th at 7:21pm 2005

Thanks.

Doesn't this remind you of a place we've all been to before, like somewhere in City17?

It's actually the central station in Milan.



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Fri Sep 30th at 8:27pm 2005

Judging from the photo that's an awesome station, and very reminiscent of HL2.

I had to watch the old Soviet movie "The Man with a Movie Camera" for Film class, and a lot of the real life locations reminded me very much of City17.




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Posted by French Toast on Fri Sep 30th at 8:35pm 2005

God damn it, I hate hitting my funny bone...

Welcome back Satch <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by jake on Sat Oct 1st at 12:53am 2005

Many congratulations on the happy event, Satchmo. I wish you and Mrs. Satchmo a long and happy life together.

The Italian Alps are obscenely beautiful - a friend of mine owns a villa on lake Maggiore which we visit whenever we get the chance - The perfect honeymoon destination.




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Posted by satchmo on Sat Oct 1st at 1:22am 2005

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The perfect honeymoon destination


I figured that Anakin Skywalker should have pretty good taste, even though he did turn to the Dark Side eventually. I believe George Lucas picked the location because it truly could be the most beautiful place in the galaxy.



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