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Sigur Rós practicing for a concert in Ferrara, Italy on July 4, 2003, as part of the Ferrara Sotto le Stelle/Ferrara Under the Stars concert series.

Caffè Lavena band, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy in June, 2006.

The view of Piazza San Marco from Caffè Lavena.

The marching band (I am guessing high school?) in Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy participating in the "Processione sulla Banchina con i tradizionali "CRISTI" e la Confraternite, concluding the festival of Sant' Erasmo in June, 2008.

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Sunday morning, after climbing the Giotto's Bell Tower (in Florence, Italy), I heard band music playing nearby. The band turned out to be the Rossa Italiana Corpa Militare Band. They were closing out the Calcio Storico event that took place a few days earlier in the week. After watching the band play for a few minutes, it started to march. Everyone followed the band. It was really alot of fun. The band marched around the block from the Piazza della Repubblica towards the Duomo and then back to the Piazza della Repubblica.

Somehow, I ended right up in the front and was able to video the band marching. Here's a little video clip I took. Towards the end of the clip, check out the cute kid and his mother's expression as she realizes that I am taking video of him marching along with the band.

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A peek inside the church:

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View of the church:

Cloister outside of the church:

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Wednesday, July 15th:
The skies were gray Wednesday morning. Not long after I woke up, it began to rain. I had two full days left in Stresa and both Santa Caterina del Sasso & Orta were on my list as places I definitely wanted to visit. Santa Caterina del Sasso, a monastery that was built in the 12th century on a rocky hillside, looked like the better choice for a cloudy/rainy day. After breakfast, the rain stopped for a bit. I took the 9:55 am boat (5.80 euros roundtrip) to Santa Caterina. For the history of this amazing monastery, check out Dana's blog post.

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