Favorite man-made structure on the planet-- Il Duomo di Siena.

 

Verona in July leaves you pretty thirsty.	The island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples
Waiting for saltimbocca in Piazza Farnese, Rome.	Naples: The menacing shadow of Mt. Vesuvius.
Self-portrait, blown away by the ruins of Ercolano (Herculaneum), buried beneath the NEW city of Ercolano!	Bologna: no escape!