Pompei is always amazing

 The Amphitheater is in near perfect condition having been covered in ash in 79 AD

It could hold up to 20,000 spectactors

 

Chilling reminder of the past. This table is documented

as having belonged to the man who stabbed Julius Caesar.

His name was Casca Longus. 

Advertising for a women's clothing store along the 

main avenue

View over the ruins

 These Roman streets were not made for sandals! Ruts where the carts passed can easily be identified. Stepping stones (background) kept pedestrians out of the muck.

View of the town and Vesuvius in the background

Renewal of Vows Day in Montepulciano, Tuscany

The tiny chapel on the grounds of

Villa Cicolina

Sealed with a kiss at the end of the brief ceremony

with an English-speaking local priest

The gorgeous gardens of Villa Cicolina

Manager Sayed prepares a snack

with Prosecco afterwards

Taking a ride in a 1972 Beetle

Roaming around the Tuscan countryside

Lunch stop at Montecchiello

Borrowing a cigar from Doctor Brettoni, the owner

of Villa Cicolina and our driver for the day

A walk around medieval hilltop Pienza

On the Via dell Amore

Time for Uno Espresso

Off we go through the gorgeous green of Tuscany

Walking along the Via Dell Amore, Pienza