The pool cover announced the end of summer. Kitty was playing “cat and mouse” with something under the thin blue cover. What will happen when he unsheathes his claws? GEYSER!
Friends are timeless so why do we look forty years older?
Badia a Passignano is a 9th Century Benedictine Abby known for its frescoes.
I joined Sarah and Fredéric in Fiesole for a picnic on their patio before a backroad excursion.
Street walking in Florence.
Over time painting style went from flat two dimension to three dimension showing fullness of the body. Uffizi.
The Uffizi has the world’s greatest collection of Renaissance masterpieces by legendary artist like Botticelli, da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Caravaggio.
A travel day can consume the whole day and when traveling each day is precious. Dolomite Mountains I had to strain my neck to see the top seemed to instantaneously flatten to farmland.
Four hours hiked. Six people encountered. How different from the previous splendid ranked hikes that attracted innumerable hikers. Today’s hike had solitude plus required no buses or gondolas.
Two hours. Two miles. How can that be? You stroll around the lake stopping to take in the view. Why rush?
