Story: An entryway should set the tone of what is inside. As I walked up to this church, the most striking thing besides knowing it part of antiquity were the doors. The doors had protruding figures cast into them. This door has a woman bowing down on the bottom right and what appears to be…
Category: Go Ahead Tours
Title: Sun Beam
Story: My first evening in Florence, my friend and I took a walk. As were walking past this church, I noticed how the sun was reflecting through the top of the done. It was gorgeous and I knew I had to capture this ephemeral beauty. #florence #sunbeam #dusk #picoftheday #potd #photooftheday #goaheadtours #italy — in…
Title: Vibrant Yellow Flower
Story: Because today I need to be reminded that there is beauty in the world. This flower was part of a garden above a catacombs in Italy. #beautyintheworld #yellowflower #catacombs #italy #rome #goaheadtours
Title: Venice at Night
Story: Riding in a vaporetto down the Grand Canal at night as the city lights up is one of the most breathtaking experiences I had while in Italy. Paris, I think Venice might be in the running for the moniker of “city of lights.” #venice #italy #cityoflights #picoftheday #potd #photooftheday #photography #goaheadtours #grandcanale #vaporetto #nofilter…
Missed Connection: Frankfurt, Germany
After Naples, my friend and I bid ciao to Italy. Our flight home was scheduled with a very tiny layover in Frankfurt, Germany. In order to make our connection flight, our initial flight had to go off without a hitch. We had no such luck. Our initial flight was delayed and left after the time…
Italy: Herculaneum
In 79 AD, another town lay in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius: Herculaneum. As Vesuvius continued to erupt, a volcanic pyroclastic flow (a fast-moving ground-hugging avalanche of hot ash, pumice, rock fragments, and volcanic gas that rushes down the side of a volcano as fast as 100 km/hour or more) approached Herculaneum and eventually buried…
Il Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
If you only have one day to spend in Naples, I highly recommend that you spend the first part of it exploring the Naples National Archaeological Museum. So far this is definitively my favorite museum visit ever. Augusto and Campania Exhibit Upon entering the museum there is a special exhibition celebrating the two thousandth anniversary…
Italy: Naples
On the Road Again After leaving the beauty that is Matera, we headed out in our tour bus toward Naples. As we made our way through the Italian countryside, we passed many waterways and fertile green hills. All of a sudden, as we crest yet another hill, the Bay of Naples comes into view along…
Italy: Matera
First Glance Same Old, Same Old At first glance, Matera resembled an average Italian city: a piazza where both modern and ancient architecture abut; ancient churches next to government buildings; restaurants and gelaterias selling the most amazing smelling and tasting delicacies; and sculpted artworks highlighting an important point in the city’s history. A Most Pleasant…
2015 Year in Review
As I reflect on how my life has changed in the past year, I’ve come to realize that 2015 was a year of adventure, cooking, traveling, eating delicious meals and trying new things. After 2014, a year where I focused on cleaning up my finances by paying off all my credit card debt, I realized…
Savory Sweet Neat 