Italy

Inside the Colosseum with sisters Anna and Debbie and my friend Sakura

Saint Peter's Cathedral against a bright blue sky

Contemplating just how old and incredible the Colosseum is, and how lucky I am to be there

Posing with Anna, Debbie, and Sakura on the famed Spanish Steps

Lost in Rome...again

Testing my courage and honesty with Sakura at The Mouth of Truth

With Debbie marveling at the sweet, juicy, enormous lemons on the Amalfi Coast

Sakura enjoying the sweet tartness of a Sorrento lemon

Somewhere near this spot in Positano is where my ancestors boarded the boat and left their life in Italy behind

Wishing I could take a few hundred of those tomatoes home with me

Winding our way along the Amalfi Coast

Anna, Sakura, and Debbie in the lovely yellow town of Sorrento

Waiting for a vaporetto (water bus/taxi)

Inside the very busy Saint Mark's Piazza

Venturing out just after the rain has stopped

The gondolas must squeeze under bridge after bridge as they wind along the sleepy canals of Venice

With Sakura in front of the sleek gondolas with St Mark's Campanile, bell tower, in the background

Sakura capturing a last look at the magnificent Hotel Danieli before leaving picturesque Venice

Enjoying the tranquility high atop the Adige River, the second longest river in Italy

Delivering the vino; all in a day's work

Standing on the southern shore of Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy

Sakura looking down from what is believed to be Juliet's balcony

Sakura against a backdrop of Verona's warm-colored architecture

The facade of the Verona Arena, a marveously preserved Roman amphitheatre