Category Archives: Italy.jpg) “What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago.” –Erica Jong I love revisiting files of images from trips past! Who wouldn’t actually, especially when they are from… .jpg) “You may have the universe if I may have Italy.” –Giuseppe Verdi The beauty in the decay throughout most all of Italy has always fascinated me. And those colors! Its almost like there are shades that are only sold to the Italian painter for creating their signature look onto the canvas of these little villages…. .jpg) We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. – Edith Lovejoy Pierce So, before we get into all the nonsense…Happy New Year! I’ve personally been working on my notes and goals for… .jpg) Seriously, I have NO idea where I took this. Well, a general idea yes, but the exact town is a bit fuzzy. I get that way when I travel. Its a visual feast out there and I hate bogging myself down with the details. I guess I should really start geo-tagging these on location and… .jpg) According to wikipedia….. The cathedral of Milano is often described as one of the greatest churches in the world. The ground plan is of a nave with five aisles, crossed by a transept and then followed by choir and apsis. The height of the nave is about 45 meters, the highest Gothic vaults of a…  Village hopping around the lake – Lake Como, originally uploaded by Photomike07. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream….  Warm thoughts of Italy – Lake Como, originally uploaded by Photomike07. “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu In my typical haphazard way of bumbling about Europe, its actually a miracle that I eventually made it to my destination here on the lake. One wrong train…  Nightfall on the Lake at Varenna, originally uploaded by Photomike07. Bleary eyed and scrambling to pack a few things for a trip I am leaving for in the AM, I decided to take a few minutes and post an image. Now for the hard part…..verbage. That moment of realization that I have no real information…  Along the banks in Varenna in Lake Como, Italy, originally uploaded by Photomike07. A longtime goal of mine has always been to spend the summers in Europe. Sure, I’ve been there a few times, seen alot, backpacked from Norway to Greece and just about everywhere in between, but what I mean is more of a…  Alleys in Varenna, originally uploaded by Photomike07. There is a rustic yet delicate old world feel to so many parts of Europe that is simply impossible to reproduce. Sure, we have all seen the sad attempts here in the states from theme parks to new housing communities, but the reality is, they are simply just… 
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