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 Change of venue! They needed someone for a month at the CAOC (Combined Air Operations Center) in Vicenza, Italy. |
 After going out through Germany and to Vicenza, I got to stay at "the Nog". There were 8 rooms above a trattoria and two dinners a week were included free. |
 No pictures of the base, but this is another of the Nog. It was August, so even traffic was light. |  August was the perfect month to be in Vicenza. Long, warm days, little traffic, everyone thinking vacation. |
 The Nog was truly a wonderful place to stay and a great little haven from everything. Nice contrast to Tuzla. |
 Paulo, the proprietor, was extremely generous and accomodating. When his staff took their vacation, he had us all up to his villa for dinner. |
 The view outside the rooms. |
 Vicenza was a beautiful old city. My work was usually done by early afternoon, so plenty of time to get around and see things. |
 I rented a bicycle for the month. |
 Vicenza is an old, walled city, but has grown beyond its old walls. It has a good mix of old and new. |  View into a courtyard. |  Nice downtown area. |
 We had a US CAOC personnel dinner in this restaurant in the wall. |
 Some more scenes of Vicenza. |
 Vicenza is about an hours drive inland from Venice. |
 The mix of medieval and modern is interesting. |
 Another scene in Vicenza, up on the hill near the Nog. |
 More Vicenza. |  View from a hill just out of town along the road past the Nog. |
 The hills are covered with nice villas and vineyards. |
 When weather in the Balkans would force an early cancellation of a mission, I would have enough time to explore northern Italy a little. |
 Lake Garda was one of my favorite areas to visit. |
 It was August and the beaches of Lake Garda were packed with vacationers. |
 More Lake Garda, toward the northern end, I think. |
|  Unfortunately, things were usually closed by the time I got there or closed for August. This is a castle/museum in Trent. |
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 This was the back entrance to the castle/walled city at Soave (I think) |
 Soave. | 
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 Verona, Italy | 
|  The Arena di Verona, famous for large-scale outdoor stagings of grand opera. |
 Props for Aida at the Arena di Verona. |
 Another view of the Arena. | 
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|  Unfortunately, I did not get to attend any performances. |
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