Your most precious photos are the ones that captured a specific moment in time that you can never get back and may be in a place that you hold dear with those you hold dear, even when they irritate you.
Love in the Time of COVID-Part 2
As luck would have it, Blake and Eli were already getting married in Montana. They were already getting married outside. They were already having their reception outside. So, that worked out. Whew! Just add in some masks and a few more rules and no probs. Business as usual. Thank goodness! They got married on an absolute perfect day, with all …
Change of Plans
So, this wasn’t supposed to go like this. This is different. We were supposed to be in the throes of visa prepping and packing and learning Italian and then everything came to a halt. We are now at home, still learning Italian, but like all of you, having to change our plans. The plan was for us to leave just …
Italy: A Love Story, Day Seven
Today comes with a warning of sorts, so here it is: this posting contains a lot of photos. As much as we were in love with Florence, we felt the same about Montepulciano. It is everything you imagine and hope the depths of Tuscany to be. Located in the southern part of Tuscany, it is one of the many walled, …
Italy: A Love Story, Day Six
This was a bittersweet day, a day where we would be leaving our new found friends, Marco and Cristiana, and a day we would be traveling to the part of our trip I had been most anticipating. This day was the day we would be traveling further into Tuscany and making our way to Montepulciano where we would be staying …
Italy: A Love Story, Day Five
Today in Italy we had big plans. Today was the day we would be visiting the Duomo, the Galleria where we would see David, the David, and the Uffizi, aside from the Louve it is probably one of the most renowned art galleries in the world. Big day. Yet again, this trip was also about relaxing and we wanted to …
Italy: A Love Story, Day Four
I feel the need to start this post with a thorough apology for making everyone wait to find out about the rest of our trip. I’ve been insanely busy and will do my best to keep up with this. I’m terribly sorry! Now that that’s been said, here’s how day four began… As it was Sunday, we started our next …
Italy: A Love Story, Day Three
I think I need to start this post out by saying that I think this might have been one of my favorite days in Italy. This was our first morning in Florence and we woke up to this… I’m telling you Cristiana and Marco were the BEST hosts! After our wonderful breakfast and what would become one of my favorite …
Italy: A Love Story, Day Two
Unfortunately, not having slept as well as I had hoped, I actually discovered that I was sick with a bit of an intense cold and our time was all wonky, I still woke up to a beautiful morning in Mestre. We were staying just outside the main city of Venice and it was wonderfully quiet. The early morning birds had …
Italy: A Love Story, Day One
In a way I’m a little unsure how to start this story. I guess from the beginning, which is simply that I’ve dreamed of going to Italy my whole life. I really can’t tell you what had me so drawn in, but I’ve always loved Italian food, good Italian food, and the old houses and history and wrought iron and …