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Example of common street signs in Rome.View while standing in positionIn the middle of the columnsWhere you’ll need to standFor size and perspective!Drink upNasoniNo bottle needed!PantheonVilla BorgheseTrevi FountainView from Piazza del PopoloOutside GiolittiMust get the whipped cream too!Frigidarium!Photo from the Rome guide: Lunch: Antico Forno RoscioliPhoto from the Rome guide: Lunch: Antico Forno RoscioliPhoto from the Rome guide: Dinner: Hostaria Dino e TonyOutside Da Enzo 29Their burrata de Andria!
Photo from the Florence guide: All’Antico VinaioPhoto from the Florence guide: All’Antico VinaioPhoto from the Florence guide: All’Antico VinaioPhoto from the Florence guide: Bistecca FiorentinaPhoto from the Florence guide: GelatoPhoto from the Florence guide: Piazzale MichelangeloPhoto from the Florence guide: Mercato di Sant’Ambrogio
Seats and view from balcony.The beautiful landscape.Meats…..….and AMAZING cheeses.All the wines we tried.Photo from the Southern Piemonte: Barolo and the Langhe guide: Franco ConternoInside Vietti’s aging room.The wines we tried at Vietti.The view walking into Castello di Verduno.The hotel at Castello di Verduno.Old wines on display.Wines being aged in a room that used to be a jail cell.Aging wine…The wines we tasted.Photo from the Southern Piemonte: Barolo and the Langhe guide: AntPhoto from the Southern Piemonte: Barolo and the Langhe guide: AntPhoto from the Southern Piemonte: Barolo and the Langhe guide: AntPhoto from the Southern Piemonte: Barolo and the Langhe guide: AntPhoto from the Southern Piemonte: Barolo and the Langhe guide: AntFirst amuse bouche, warm pretzels.Table setting with another amuse bouche.Close up of delicious treat.This was their appetizer, croque madame, italian style, with ragu!Their steak tartare, with postcard where the chef initially created the idea.Delicate pigeon, this is only a part of that course.Epic pasta, stuffed with delicious beef.Dessert, after dessert.The wine we had, which was great.Photo from the Southern Piemonte: Barolo and the Langhe guide: Pasta and hazelnut butterPhoto from the Southern Piemonte: Barolo and the Langhe guide: Il Forletto, MurazzanoA part of her cheese caseOur tasting plates waiting for us.The cheese she made yesterday.Photo from the Southern Piemonte: Barolo and the Langhe guide: AlbaScooping the gelato fresh.Our order, with the ‘do not miss’ pistachio cream on the left.Allie standing in a stone archway beside the “ANT” sign
Allie in front of La Sagrada FamiliaThe towers of La Sagrada Familia from the streetLooking up at the branching columns and ceiling inside La Sagrada FamiliaThe ceiling and columns inside La Sagrada Familia, with stained glass at the far endColored light from the stained glass spilling across the walls inside La Sagrada FamiliaStained-glass windows lighting the wall inside La Sagrada FamiliaGreen and orange light from the stained glass inside La Sagrada FamiliaWarm red and orange stained glass inside La Sagrada FamiliaCool blue stained glass inside La Sagrada FamiliaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: More GaudíPhoto from the Barcelona guide: Jon CakePhoto from the Barcelona guide: Jon CakePhoto from the Barcelona guide: Jon CakePhoto from the Barcelona guide: Jon CakePhoto from the Barcelona guide: Jon CakePhoto from the Barcelona guide: Jon CakePhoto from the Barcelona guide: La Mariposa NegraPhoto from the Barcelona guide: La Mariposa NegraPhoto from the Barcelona guide: La Mariposa NegraPhoto from the Barcelona guide: La Mariposa NegraPhoto from the Barcelona guide: La Cova FumadaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: La Cova FumadaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: La Cova FumadaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: La Cova FumadaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: El XampanyetPhoto from the Barcelona guide: El XampanyetPhoto from the Barcelona guide: El XampanyetPhoto from the Barcelona guide: El XampanyetPhoto from the Barcelona guide: El XampanyetPhoto from the Barcelona guide: El XampanyetPhoto from the Barcelona guide: Parking PizzaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: Parking PizzaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: Parking PizzaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: Parking PizzaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: Parking PizzaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: BenzinaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: BenzinaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: BenzinaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: BenzinaPhoto from the Barcelona guide: Benzina
Jax the French Bulldog resting his chin on a ledgeJax the French Bulldog with his tongue outJax the French Bulldog resting his chin on a tableJax the French Bulldog napping in his bed

More photos

Group selfie of smiling friends with a hill town in the background

February 2026

A couple at night by a glass-roofed building beside a canalA canal at night lined with trees strung with lightsAllie standing under a lit “Handshake” sign

December 2024

Four friends in winter hats taking a selfie in the snow

September 2024

A man in rollerblades posing against a dark fence

January 2024

A couple in winter coats in front of the Arc de TriompheThree people walking down a cobbled streetTwo people riding a snowmobile across a frozen white landscapeFour people in snowmobile gearAllie and Chase on a snowy shore at sunsetFour people in winter coats under the northern lightsAllie and Chase under the northern lights

November 2023

A bowl of golden soup garnished with flowers

October 2023

A couple kissing in a garden of tropical flowersLooking straight up a forest of very tall, thin trees

November 2022

A woman resting in a lie-flat airline seatAllie standing in a giant bird’s nest above terraced rice fieldsA misty infinity pool lined with palm trees in the early morningTwo small figures standing in front of a tall waterfall

May 2021

Two people on a boat holding up their catch

July 2020

A couple in front of a glacier and snowy mountainsThree men on a boat holding up their fish

January 2020

A woman in a blue hooded jacket on a snowy streetA cappuccino served in a waffle coneA race car on display in a museum

September 2019

Low clouds over green hills above a swimming pool

August 2019

Allie and Chase with Phil Rosenthal, his daughter and his wife at a market tent

June 2019

Chase and Phil Rosenthal with arms around each other in a restaurant doorway

April 2019

A spiral staircase seen from above

March 2019

A row of aged balsamic vinegar bottles on a wooden counterAn aisle of aging cheese wheels stacked floor to ceilingStone arches over a long cellar of wine barrelsA group of friends posing together in a stone-arched roomFriends toasting with glasses of red wineA glass of red wine beside a plate of tomato and mozzarella

January 2019

Allie and Chase on skis in a snowy forest

May 2018

Chase and Allie at a table with balloons, glasses and a pot of tea

April 2018

The inside of an insulated cabinet

March 2018

Candlelit restaurant dining room with tall windows and set tablesAllie and Chase holding wine glasses in front of a green wall

September 2017

Allie and Chase smiling in front of the spires of a cathedralAllie pointing at a plaque on a pink wallChase and Allie beside a Gelato Festival posterA narrow street with a cathedral dome at the far endA busy street at dusk under a pink skyA woman sipping red wine at a café tableA black spiral staircase in a modern building above rolling hillsA stone house with a wooden door and pots of flowersAllie standing by a wooden door surrounded by flowersFour people at a church door holding a document

July 2017

Sun setting through haze over a dark mountain valley

January 2017

Allie and Chase leaning out of a cream-colored vintage Fiat 500

February 2016

A palm tree on a quiet beachThe sun setting over the ocean from a beach