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In reply to Tom. Fair enough, but are you a stone carver or have any knowledge ...

https://martincooney.com/2018/04/10/trouble-in-carrara-the-marble-quarries-my-solution/#comment-53251

What? Seriously? I didn't see your solution in there.

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In reply to Matthew. Thanks again Matt, those are very kind words indeed, and...

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Hello Martin & Kris, you continue to amaze and inspire those around you with your unrelenting desire to experience and absorb the world around you. I commend you both on your flexibility and forw...

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In reply to Matthew Peter Aiello. Thank you. I just told Kris about your comment and she told m...

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Safe travels to you and Kris! Should you ever pass this way again you are most welcome here at Casa Aiello. Stay Well Peace and Love Matthew & Shelly Aiello

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Do you prefabricate Memorial Headstones? Is your marble for headstones? What are prices and sizes that you are able to sell individual customers?

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Two Booms, Two World Wars, and Colorado Yule Marble is Bust, 1900 to 1945

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dei Marmi:        Part One, The Flowers   /  Part Two, Window Shopping   /    Part Three, The

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dei Marmi:        Part One, The Flowers   /  Part Two, Window Shopping   /    Part Three, The

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I was well into week 4 of my stay in nearby Pietrasanta before I chose to take the short bus trip over to neighboring Forte dei Marmi,   for no one with whom I had brought up the subject seem...

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Tour 9: Viareggio

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Tour 7: Monteggiori

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order I feel I must apologize somewhat for the shock that must have resulted from the previous tour, Sant’Anna di Stazzema .     Doubtless many  of you were as deeply saddened and disturbe...

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have to say about all this you can simply click on my Rogue Carver on the Loose in Italy dispatch; Viareggio, A Stroll Along the Prom.  Otherwise, please, carry on, stretch your legs, breath-in...

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my own thoughts, observations, and opinions, are expressed here

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so here I present Monteggiori, one such village. I have already showcased another; Casoli, Village of Art, but that was a bit different as it was fairly unique in the way it showed all the signs...

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And so here I present Monteggiori, one such village. I have already showcased another; Casoli, Village of Art, but that was a bit different as it was fairly unique in the way it showed all the s...

https://martincooney.com/2014/05/25/monteggiori-a-not-so-hidden-gem/#comment-4728

quite some time in fact.     Throughout the month of April, 2014, while I based myself in nearby Pietrasanta, I had reason many times to raise my neck up at this little cluster – this tiny r...

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Tour 6: Pietrasanta

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The North West Tuscan Way: In Pictures

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my previous post, ‘Florence: A Tale of Two Cities’ I addressed the issue of massed tourism and the effect it had on me when I slammed face to face into

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hope you enjoy Pietrasanta as much as did I. Conflicted as I was upon arrival, during the month I based myself there, this artsy little cosmopolitan town truly won me over. It

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travelling back in time when we wander the 800 year-old narrow, cobbled streets of Monteggiori,   a Not So Hidden Gem of a typical Tuscan hill

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in which you are up to your tourist neck, and quickly!                  We’ll meet up at Bar Avio to slake our thirsts in style (right). After which we’ll head off to Da Pio B&B (...

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Tour 5: Camaiore, Market Town Extraordinaire

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Tour 4: Casoli, Tuscan Village of Art

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Tour 5: Camaiore, Market Town Extraordinaire

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Tour 4: Casoli, Tuscan Village of Art

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Camaiore, Not Your Common or Garden Farmer’s Market   /   Rogue Carver on the Loose in Italy

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through those arrow straight streets.        But in stark contrast to the tranquil emptiness of Casoli, Camaiore is positively alive with, well, life!                     And not ...

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At this moment in time the tour, after a slow-n-easy saunter around Pisa’s cool and quiet Camposanto, has fled the city and taken to the cool verdant hills in order to explore the marvelo...

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this moment in time the tour, after a slow-n-easy saunter around Pisa’s cool and quiet Camposanto, has fled the city and taken to the cool verdant hills in order to explore the marvelousÂ...

https://martincooney.com/2015/12/05/the-camposanto-statuary-in-pictures/#comment-4646

and I met many a modern day traveller zipping here there and everywhere at the speed of light. The cities were full of them, and I mean full! But no, this incredible, strange little island of cu...

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off down the valley to visit the remarkable market town of Camaiore, before heading off to Pietrasanta – a most important stop along the North West Tuscan

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Click here  to read my views, thoughts, opinions and musings as expressed in the real time format of my ‘On the Loose’  dispatches. Otherwise just keep on scrolling and the next time w...

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up are The Sarcophagi, but for now let’s keep our eyes fixed firmly on the floor. A floor with much to tell us

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our legs around the vast cool Camposanto. In stark contrast to the human zoo going on outside and all around the famous tower, the dark lofty cloistered interior of this immense and ancient buil...

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mentioned, Pisa holds a great many extraordinary sights, famous and otherwise, and as we culminate this tour back here in Pisa we’ll explore this

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Far less crowded than the neighboring famous tower and cathedral the Camposanto proved such a delight that I chose to divide the photos into three separate posts: The Statuary, The Gravesto...

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I now find it quite difficult to believe that it was only last New Year that I found myself quite unexpectedly bitten by the Nordic bug.

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now find it quite difficult to believe that it was only last New Year that I found myself quite unexpectedly bitten by the Nordic

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Rio Grande Nordic Trail runs along the old railroad track-bed and stretches the length of the Roaring Fork Valley, from Aspen to Glenwood

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Rio Grande Nordic Trail runs along the old railroad track-bed and stretches the length of the Roaring Fork Valley, from

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Once we were through with our snowshoe ramblings it was up and onto the Rio Grande Nordic Trail.

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Joseph and I however proved to be largely enjoyable and quite satisfying. Three months in, and the micro diet is working

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trials and tribulations surrounding my arrival at Pietrasanta are sufficiently documented in my previous post that I see nothing to be gained by rehashing events other than to say that by Tuesda...

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An Afternoon in Casoli, Tuscan Village of Art

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Today we head to the verdant hills above Pisa in North West Tuscany to visit a most beautiful and memorable village. I stumbled across this artful little gem while putting my ever-eager Fiat Pa...

https://martincooney.com/2014/04/27/camaiore-not-your-common-or-garden-farmers-market/#comment-3504

we head to the verdant hills above Pisa in North West Tuscany to visit a most beautiful and memorable village. I stumbled across this

https://martincooney.com/2014/04/20/a-very-good-friday-in-pisa/#comment-3503