Puglia is very rural, so I thought this photo captured a glimpse of the fresh produce available all over the place.


I like the color in this photo and it really just doesn't really seem like this would be a place in Italy. It's a great photo opportunity for a selfie.

Hidden passages of Volterra... Where lovers steal kisses, history breathes in the walls and dreams are as endless as the horizon

Looking down on the village of Carunchio, Italy, from the Palazzo Tour d'Eau. Photo taken in May 2018 when attending a wonderful cooking tour at the Palazzo Tour d'Eau. A week of gourmet food and breathtaking countryside, a feast for all senses.

Calabria Coastline

The Italian Riviera Coastline - Portofino

Life size sunflowers in Assisi.

Photo taken in Varenna.

Walking around Ravello 2012...lots of stairs to walk down (if you choose) to reach Amalfi

Artists casting in marble from Carrara perfect replicas to replace worthy original statues at the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. So far the marble-workshop of the Opera del Duomo still keeps showing its fantastic work on progress. Here we can see every tool like the gradine the violin and all the different chisels used by Michelangelo and Donatello for their masterpieces.