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Friday, January 15, 2016

Florence

Early September 2015: My favorite city in Italy.







It has the history . . .










the Duomo…  
















. . .  the David












. . . and the Ponte Vecchio 




Friday, January 1, 2016

Cinque Terre

September 2015:




The plan was to take the train to the farthest town from us, Riomaggiore, and return by boat so we could see all of them from the water. It was too windy that day and the boats had closed because of rough sea.



Instead, we visited three of the five by train. Next time we’ll have to stop by Manarola and Corniglia.





Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Hill Towns of Tuscany

Early September 2015: 





How could I possibly write stories about places I know nothing about?



Volterra













Lucca



I’m also drifting off-topic from the Gentlemen of Worth. I have to admit since I’m not actively writing, my mind is putting together or adding elements to a story I’ve already started years ago







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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Vatican City

Late August 2015: 







  There’s lots of history here . . . 

             and I’m starting to get ideas…





Sunday, November 15, 2015

Can you Imagine?








Early August 2015:
After leaving London, Daughter and I 
flew to Rome where we started our tour.














Did you ever wonder what those people during the Regency time see when they went on their Grand Tour?


Sunday, November 1, 2015

Back to this Summer …

Late July 2015:    I flew to New York City from London to attend this year’s Romance Writers of America Conference. I attended the Literary Signing, met a bunch of very cool Montlake authors, and got to visit with my sister-writers.