amalfi coast

happy fourth of july

I celebrated onboard a boat cruising around the island of Capri, Italy

sorrento, italy

hotel view - torre barbara

cruising around capri



the blue grotto

florence's funniest

the tiny cars


the french fries pizza
trying to appeal to Americans?

just strolling through a crowded piazza...

Italian children's book
not sure what it means...
but I laughed

model for the week

Lizzie came to visit & I put her to work
She was my model for this weeks portrait project

addition to the list

I'm adding a 6 Euro train ticket to Viareggio to my list of favorites for under 10

we went yesterday afternoon and stayed till sunset

check out the water slide paddle boat

10 euro or less

10 Euro
PEAR and goat cheese ravioli with asparagus sauce
from Trattoria Quattro Leoni
the best meal I've had in Italy

8 Euro
Handmade Paper
I fell in love

3 Euro (Medium)
GROM gelato
the "best" gelato
according to who?
I don't know..but it sure was good
I tell myself every morning that I won't have gelato that day
& it never happens

5 Euro
6 leather bracelets
from the market

six hours in the dark

It's 3:00 pm and I've only seen the sun for about an hour today

here's some of the prints that I did

1. for anything 2. for love 3. to return to rome

I was told that over 3,000 Euros a day were collected from the Trevi Fountain! This weekend I added to the pot. Hopefully my wishes come true and I'll be back in Rome again soon

some weekend highlights:

the Pope's blessing
it was his last appearance for three months
very neat to see..I had chills




this beautiful fountain in the Borghese gardens



Coliseum (even though we didn't make it inside)...more reason to go back