By Don Quilici

  • Bob Scholes of Dayton is seen carefully crossing a busy street in Rome. Photo by Don Quilici
  • Some of the many hundreds of chairs that were set up for an upcoming appearance by the Pope at the Vatican. Photo by Don Quilici
  • Lemon trees with their lemons on a balcony in Taormina.  Photo by Elaine Quilici
  • An enforcement vehicle in downtown Montecatini.  Most of that enforcement deals with illegal parking. Photo by Don Quilici
  • A statue with a head in its head in Agrigento. Photo by Don Quilici
  • The cast of a man in Pompeii, who was buried by ash from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.  Photo by Don Quilici
  • Don Quilici of Carson City busy sending on his outdoor material to be sent Carson Now.
  • The American fast food influence has spread to Italy.  Photo by Don Quilici

This is the second in a series of photos of oddities that were seen on a six week vacation trip to Italy in September and October, 2011.
That trip was taken by Bob and Lorraine Scholes of Dayton and Don and Elaine Quilici of Carson City, as they traveled the length and width of Italy, plus being on the Island of Sicily and in Switzerland.

— Writer Don Quilici is the Outdoor editor for Carson Now. He can be reached at donquilici@hotmail.com