What are these young Italian boys thinking?
San Gimignano, Italy Learn More

How can anyone get tired of seeing images of this worldly icon. My first visit on a chilly April evening with crispy air and the moon aglow...a C'est la Vie de Paris!" Learn More

Florence, Italy. This version I found en route from seeing "The David" in Florence, Italy. Gradiva (Latin, "The one who walks") is a neo-Attic Roman bas-relief in the manner of Greek works of the fourth century BCE, of a robed woman who lifts the hems of her skirts to stride forward. The relief is in the Vatican Museums.[1] This sculpture was the basis for the 1903 novel of the same name by German writer Wilhelm Jensen, which in turn became the basis for Sigmund Freud's famous 1907 study Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva ("Der Wahn und die Träume in W. Jensens Gradiva"). Learn More

The nature of the Arc is as profound as the view. When I first stood below it, I was truly speechless.
Paris, France. Learn More

Florence, Italy. Durante degli Alighieri (May/June c.1265 – September 14, 1321), commonly known as Dante Alighieri, was a Florentine poet of the Middle Ages. His central work, the Divina Commedia (originally called Commedia and later called Divina ("divine") by Boccaccio hence Divina Commedia), is often considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. Learn More

Semana Santa (or Holy Week) is the Spanish name for Easter. It dates back to the 16th century when the Church decided to present the story of the Passion of Christ in a way that the layperson could understand. It was decided that the best way to do this would be a series of processions through the streets, depicting scenes from the story of the fall and rise again of Jesus Christ. Granada, Spain. Learn More

I had waited for years to see this stunning cathedral. Notre Dame de Paris ('Our Lady of Paris' in French) is a Gothic cathedral. It was restored and saved from destruction by Viollet-le-Duc, one of France's most famous architects. Its sculptures and stained glass show the heavy influence of naturalism, unlike that of earlier Romanesque architecture.
The cathedral suffered desecration during the radical phase of the French Revolution in the 1790s, when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. During the 19th century, an extensive restoration project was completed, returning the cathedral to its previous state. Learn More