[Leica] Sicilian wedding

[Douglas Barry]

OK I'll raise that to a 1960 FIAT 1100 Special which had front hinged 
doors, as opposed to the suicide ones that used to be fitted.

Douglas

On 26/11/2018 13:40, Douglas Barry wrote:
> A FIAT 1100 from the 50s at a guess.
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> Douglas
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> On 26/11/2018 02:28, Peter Klein via LUG wrote:
>> We visited Modica, known as a "Baroque" town because it was destroyed 
>> by an earthquake in 1693 and rebuilt in the Baroque style. While 
>> there, we got to see the beginning of a traditional wedding, grandly 
>> staged on the steps of the Duomo of St. Peter.
>>
>> The groom waits for the bride with his parents at the top of the 
>> church staircase.  Guests arrive and are duly photographed.
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/45327125444/in/dateposted-public/> 
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>> The photographers wear uniforms of sorts, albeit with sensible shoes, 
>> while the wedding director choreographs the proceedings.
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/44235738230/in/dateposted-public/> 
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>> The bride arrives with her parents in a classic car.
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/45327125274/in/dateposted-public/> 
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>> The bride ascends the church staircase with her father, mother and 
>> (probably) brother follow.
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/44235737880/in/dateposted-public/> 
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>> A closer shot of the "bridal car." Can anyone identify it? (I'm 
>> talking to you, Jim Shulman).
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/45327125124/in/dateposted-public/> 
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>> Bonus:  A Sicilian signorina demonstrates the local method of making 
>> chocolate. They say they got it from the Spanish, who got it from the 
>> Aztecs.
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/45327123044/in/dateposted-public/> 
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>> Olympus E-M5 and  20/1.7 (chocolate) and 45/1.8 (wedding).  The 
>> wedding photos were taken standing on a bench outside the chocolate 
>> shop in a light drizzle, with the camera held over my head. It was 
>> worth it.  Enjoy!
>>
>> --Peter
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