Polignano a Mare

Polignano a mare

Palatine Hill

Rome

painting on wall in hilltop town

Rome

Piazza Navona

Rome

Roviano

Piazza Navona

St. Paul outside the walls window

St. Paul outside the walls

Piazza Barberini

Rome

drinking fountain

Polignano a mare

Bari

Courtyard

Stained Glass

inside the forum

Tivoli

Tivoli

Tivoli

Orvieto

Orvieto

Civita-Bagnoregio

Civita-Bagnoregio

Piazza Navona up close

Polignano a Mare

Polignano a Mare

Polignano a Mare

Bari

lunch with the Hansen's at lungo mare.

Albero Bello

Mesto family

In 1977 I had the privilege of baptizing Maria Mesto in Bari, Italy.  Last week I had the opportunity to return and see Rafaele and Maria Mesto and their family.  Rafaele baptized their Grandson Simone.  It was great to be with them again after so many years.  A great family.

Inside St. Peter

Ostia Antica Castle

Poppies

The last couple of months we went through a season of wild poppies that pop up all over, especially in the cracks of sidewalks and along side the road.  We saw some beautiful fields of them along the highway and other places where I could not stop to take a picture.  But this picture is typical of them around the city.  These grew between the sidewalk and the rock wall.  Not the best picture of them, but a great reminder to me of how beautiful they are.

Church near the Forum

Forum

Colosseum

evening sun on the Colosseum.

Near the top of the Spanish Steps