Tag: Italy
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A Tuscan Pottery Gem
Part of the impetus behind starting this blog was to have an outlet to preserve travel photos and stories, and our Italy trip two years ago had enough stories to keep me going for quite some time. As our travels are more limited currently by the stage of life we are at — college visits,…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Masterpiece
If I could post a photo of Bernini’s “Apollo and Daphne” sculpture, I would . . . alas, the Borghese Gallery prohibited photography so all I have is my memory of standing with my husband and two boys, just the four of us in the presence of that incredible statue, awed into hushed silence, absorbing…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh
Frutta fresca! Can’t believe it has already been two years this week since we were exploring Rome’s historic streets. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. ”Fresh” was this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge; further details on how to participate and links to others’ responses are found here.
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern
While climbing Giotto’s Bell Tower (Campanile di Giotto) in Florence, Italy, I could appreciate the patterns covering the Duomo as I peeked through the windows of the winding stone stairwell. Climbing the 414 steps of the Tower provides such an incredible overview of Florence’s many patterns — from the red-tiled rooftops to the colorful marble…
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The Vatican’s Papal Conclave: Hey, I Was There!
Reading the news reports about the recent conclave in the Vatican to elect the new pope, it was amazing to see the cardinals gathered in St. Peter’s for the pre-conclave mass before they entered the Sistine Chapel to begin their secret deliberations, and recall that we had stood in that sacred space the summer before last. St.…
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