Google Street View is scary and awesome.

[da]

Google Street View has been busy.

As identified by gmaps_sights, Florence, Italy (that link is to the Fake David in front of Palazzo Vecchio. Hey, that looks familiar.)

(Can you find the Mormon missionaries?)

...Maybe over Christmas break I'll take a few hours, curl up with my laptop and some nice Italian wine, and go on tour.

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[kraig.livejournal.com]

Vaguely related, when I joined the Army Reserves, it was with the 1st Royal New Brunswick Regiment. 1RNBR earned (http://regimentalrogue.tripod.com/battlehonours/bathnrinf/25-rnbr.htm) several battle honours in Italy, one of which was at the Battle of Naviglio Canal. The tradition was to drink cheap Italian wine and eat spaghetti on the anniversary, 12 December. Easy for me to remember, that's also my birthday, but difficult to attend as I always had exams.

They could now perhaps use Street View to project images of the site while they nom their spaghetti.

(And if you'd ever wondered why one of my t-shirts says "South Africa Platoon" on the back, that page will probably answer it.)