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Snow in Tuscany and Venice

Chianti has had quite a bit of snow as well
 

19 Dec 09 - "Twitter is alive with reports of heavy snows in Italy. Here in northern Tuscany we've had nearly 24 hours of the fluffy stuff, a bit unusual. There's even been snow in Venice. Chianti has had quite a bit of snow as well.

Photo credit: Raymond Lamothe Castellina in Chianti, Siena, Italy

http://goeurope.about.com/b/2009/12/19/snow-tuscany-is-a-winter-wonderland.htm
Thanks to Dale Blizzard for this link
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