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We arrived late, about 2200 h.
Heading to a place for food.
It is typical in this region of Italy to have an evening meal at 8 post meridiem.
Classic italian design.
At the restaurant, where Fabio knows the owner so they stayed open especially late for us.
Lovely decoration.
Fabio, Steve, Francesca, Gail and Bill.
Repeat performance.
The architecture in Udine is breathtaking.
And Fabio, whose house is more than 500 years old, knows all of the history in detail.
We had a lovely place to stay at.
Including cooking facilities, although we did not prepare food, but there was a handy coffee machine.
This is the view from our place of stay.
In the communal area where Fabio came to pick us up for breakfast.
The church bell-tower was shorter than expected when the builders ran out of funds.
Fabio using his daughter's bicycle.
Steve commented that the houses with window-shutters look similar to those in Malaysia.
There is a lot of space and pedestrian access.
Cobble paths.
The city's central square.
Another pathway design.
The tradition is to eat outside.
Harry, photographing Steve.
Steve photographing Harry and Gail.
Fabio explaining the origins of everthing you can see.
We climbed an artificial hill that was built to see the destruction of the city of Aquileia. This it the view from the top.
A strange bicycle.
A golden statue in the background.
Walking downhill.
Ancient architecture.
Waiting for the museum to open.
We did some metallurgy to assess what these metallic-ties that hold the stones together are made of.
Harry thought it was steel, but Steve disagreed because it did not show rust and sometimes had a green patina. Steve then used a device on his mobile phone, that measures magnetic fields, and demonstrated that the ties are weakly magnetic compared with a ferrous object nearby.
Do NOT look at this - you will turn into stone (the Medussa effect).
A pistol.
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Hollow cannon balls, possibly for filling with explosive.
A broken cannon ball, this time, solid.
Napoleon
Roof of the chamber where those in charge of Udine city debated matters.
The walled city of Udine. We could locate our hotel and also Fabio's house.
The local parliament in action.
A Camera
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More cameras.
Devices for processing photographs.
Heading towards the mountains. popular for skiing and snowboarding, though it has been exceptionally warm.
Lovely place for lunch, one of Fabio and Francesca's favourites.
Cycle paths in the mountains. Mountain biking on rough paths also available.
Arrival in Aquileia
Attila and his Huns completely destroyed the city with inhabitants fleeing "en masse".
The original Roman floors and decorated walls in a few cases survived and have been restored.
A door to the crypt.
We then visited the Maraon lagoon that connects to the Adriatic sea.
Lovely sunset.
On Monday a full day at the University of Udine and at a variety of major steel industries. On the left is Arelie Anna Jacob, an expert on thermodynamics and bainite, from Ernst Koseschink's group in Vienna University.
A truly impressive cooling tower.
In the evening, Harry gave the lecture again to a different audience, before dinner.
