Hello This is the Photo Journal site from Italy
(the images were added to the top of each page as we went - so the lower you go the earlier the images were taken - 2006 / 2007)
7) May 25 - April 21 (Florence)
6) April 20 - April 17 (Matera / Sicily)
5) April 16 - March 19 (Sicily/ Venice)
4) March 18 - 2 (Rome / Tivoli / Ostia)
3) March 1 - Jan. 26 (Rome)
2) Jan. 25 - 8 (Rome)
1) Jan. 7 - Dec. 25 (Boston / Rome)
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Person, Place, Thing
Matera (Basilicata) and Home at long last
Back home - but not so directly ( via Newark, via bus 24 hours + +) ...ouch, a truly unceremonious end to the escape..... What a trip!
This was from April 18 but not posted until now!(click to see more of Matera! and the Sicily ferry)
May 22, 2007
Tonight is our last night.......in paradise, then off to Milan to fly home Sunday!
Our friend Grace takes me to a historic Florentine sculpture studio.....just tell us which one you would prefer
May 21, Interior of a friend's beautiful home in the Oltrarno area
May in Firenze makes us smile ( photo: Can )
The Duomo Campanile of Firenze, a head - reliquary and of course The Ponte Vecchio
Look - new shirt...
Federico and Arlles take us to Villa Salvati over the hill from our home at Palmerino (Firenze)
view of garden entrance to grotto
vaulted grotto
Detail of mirror frame, crystals, coral, stalagtites and shells
Courtyard where concert was given
Federico working his magic in our kitchen, Risotto con Asparaggi, sauteed crazy lobster/crab/crayfish things...
It's the little things....
Our newest friends and Firenze tour guides: Federico and Arlles
Our friend from Rome Elisa visits for a tour of a Medici Villa and a great lunch
The Academia courtyard (of the school well known to tourists as the home of the "David")
Our favorite means of transport in Firenze
Bronze plaque by Ghiberti, Bargello Museum
Bargello Museum courtyard
Train ride to Arezzo from Firenze
May 12
Firenze >> We live here: April 22 - May 26
Palmerino our final home in Italia
Looking up the hill
The garden area behind the courtyard (Mikro trying to charm Federica)
Yeah its work...
View from the hills above the Villa Palmerino (10 winding minutes up our street)
April 27, New Video ( Firenze )
Mikro: Italian Soccer star!
May 25 - April 21 (Florence) // April 20 - April 17 (Matera / Sicily) // April 16 - March 19 (Sicily/ Venice) //
// March 18 - 2 (Rome / Tivoli / Ostia) // March 1 - Jan. 26 (Rome) // Jan. 25 - 8 (Rome) // Jan. 7 - Dec. 25 (Boston / Rome)//
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