Every place we visit, we find some beautiful sights.
These are a few of the over 15,000 photos from the last 20 plus years of traveling to Italy.
View from our Airbnb, Plemmirio Sicily, just outside of Siracusa
A Bridge In Vicenza
Villa Carlota, Lake Como
Knowing that we would most likely be in an August heat wave, we have tried to stay close to the water.
We are about 50 feet above the sea and 50 feet away. The views are stunning. Temps have been in the upper 80s and the sun is intense. Really intense. Fa caldo.
This is the perfect spot for diving and snorkeling. When we were in the water yesterday small fish kept checking out our legs.
Access to the beach is free, but if you wish the comforts on a lounge chair, and umbrella you must pay. In this case it was 25 euro for the day, and well worth it. Today we will bring an umbrella from our apartment and give it a try on the cheap side. Means no fresh water shower and sitting on the rocky shore on a borrowed towel. We will see. The water is so clear you can see the bottom in 6 ft depths. Fish swim by and not plastic or pollution is in evidence. A note about the beach lounge chairs. They are far superior to the ones found in the US. If you wish to lean back, there is a line with a hook that releases the chair to find a comfortable position. What I really like is the folding sun screen to keep the sun our of your face. Wish they were available in Florida.
Some scenes from last night as the sun set.
I love the middle photo my wife took took through the window last night.
Below shows where we are in relation to the town of Siracusa in Sicily.
The WordPress app for desktop computers does not like to work with my Apple Photos application. I have found several workarounds for this, mainly by opening the Apple Mail app and starting a new message. I then open the media browser and 
select the album that has the photos for the post I am composing. My photo library has over 30,000 images. That is difficult to manage worth the media browser for mail. But the WordPress app for IOS meshes nicely. I am able to choose from any of my albums. This is so much easier that the other method.
Some photos taken last year in Firenze. Beautiful trip. Climbed up the campanelli and viewed the entire town. This year we are spending 51 days in Sicily and mainland Italy. We will be visiting Cefalù, Castello Buono, Siracusa, Gange, Lago di Garda, and almost three weeks in Roma. Can not wait.
Naples is a frenetic city with an amazing charm. I found this out the first time I drove in this city and did not speak any Italian. I jumped on the Tangenziale, Naples answer to the Long Island Expressway. Immediately I found I was in a war zone and in over my head. Slowing for an accident someone clipped my mirror and sped off.
As time went on I discovered Naples and it people are amazing. In a Fratelli Pellone I was invited to make pizza. In the markets we found bargains and amazing foods. Walking the streets we felt comfortable even at night. My wife and I have been back several times and always enjoyed our visits. Whether it was a musuem visit, or just talking to people we felt at home.
The novels of Elena Ferrante usually take place in the neighborhoods, the quartiere. Those are the streets we walked. The series of books tells the stories of Elena and Lila from their childhood to adulthood as they progress through the challenges the Neapolitan society and continual changes.
The Naples waterfront from a Hotel Paradiso high up on the hillside.
Boats docked in the harbor.
On the street heading to the market.
All kinds of seafood.
Definitely not the A&P.
Muscels, Cozze. 
These did not travel 3000 miles.
It is not the wash, it is ART.
La Galleria Umberto
Evening at the harbor
At Pizzeria Pellone, they let me make a pizza. You don’t walk in to a pizza parlor in the US and have them invite you to help in the kitchen. That is what makes Naples great. The people. We were staying in a hotel in the business area of town. There were no open restarunts near us. I stopped and asked someone for advice on where to go. He brought me to a small alimentari, grocery store , and asked his boss. That kind man walked us halfway to the pizza place and made our evening special.
It goes in the oven and with the high heat from the wood fire, 5 minutes is all it takes.
Here it is ready to eat. This was a tomato pie. 
My wife and I joined the crew. What a treat. 
Pizzeria Pellone, Via Nationale, 93 Napoli. It is great Pizza.
If you vist Naples, be sure to stop here.
St Peters
A cat resting in an Amalfi store
Capri, Faraglioni, the rocks that make the view
Seafood vendor in Napoli
Fruta in Amalfi
Verona, the opera with the lighting of the candels prior to the performance
Performance the the Opera House of Verona
Some locals having lunch in San Giovane in Fiore ( Calabria)
Caserta, royal palace gardens
San Gorgio Maggiore, Vence Island from the bell tower 
Cheese (formaggio ) at the market in Napoli 
Some boats in Messina Sicly
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