| I T A L I A |
| 2003 |
| WONDERFUL, WARM, WELCOMING, PROVOCATIVE |
| The land of the renaissance lives in the soul of anyone who has ever: relished fresh buffalo mozzarella with farm ripened tomatoes (and basil) been mesmerised by sentinel cypress trees lining the yellow hills of Tuscany listened to the cries of a gondoleer nearing canal crossroads heard echos of ancient Pompeians at the market driven the death defying curves of the Almafi Coast come alive with the first gelato of the day watched the ghosts of ancient gladiators in the coliseum marveled at the mosaics in the Church of San Vitale reveled in fresh pasta kissed by olive oil from Pienza sipped a glass of wonderful Avignonese wine And once in the soul, she forever calls you to her. |
| Insights/Advice from fellow travelers |
