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American Catherine Tondelli won a trip to Rome, Italy in the summer of 1999. On her first night, she threw three coins in the ...

American Catherine Tondelli won a trip to Rome, Italy in the summer of 1999. On her first night, she threw three coins in the city’s Trevi Fountain and came to face-to-face with her future ...

(CNN) — Catherine Tondelli was standing underneath the Trevi Fountain, on a summer’s evening in Rome, about to throw three coins into the fountain’s waters.

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Catherine Tondelli was standing underneath the Trevi Fountain, on a summer’s evening in Rome, about to throw three coins into the fountain’s waters.

She’d read books about Rome. She’d heard the city’s famous fountain was impressive. But nothing could have prepared her for the first view of the marble figures, illuminated by moonlight.

(CNN) — Catherine Tondelli was standing underneath the Trevi Fountain, on a summer’s evening in Rome, about to throw three coins into the fountain’s waters.