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Old 18-05-2007, 02:41 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Hi Owen

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Has it changed much Ron?
Surprisingly, and particularly in Trieste, not a lot.

While in Venice, our hotel was bang opposite the Rialto Market and I took at least a hundred photos (I kid you not!) from our balcony including this one of the equivalent of an emergency vehicle belting its way along the canal.
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