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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Monterosso in Ragusa

Posted by Holly at 10:05 PM
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Labels: celebrations, fiesta fun, holiday, local explorations, out and about, sicily, winter

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Welshcakes Limoncello said...

A lovely photo.

February 21, 2011 at 10:44 PM

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