Italy
March 2023
· 35 frames
· 4 stops
· iPhone
My first trip to Italy felt like a long-awaited pilgrimage. Since boyhood, I had been captivated by the stories of ancient civilizations—none more than Rome, with its emperors, its ruins, and the sheer weight of history pressed into stone. To finally set foot in Italy was to watch those imaginings step out of books and take shape as streets, monuments, and a living culture all around me.
394 km to Venice, as the crow flies
Venice felt like walking inside a dream; without the expected crowds, its fragile magic had room to show.
252 km to Cinque Terre, as the crow flies
Cinque Terre’s villages spill down the cliffs, vivid against the Ligurian Sea.
129 km to Florence, as the crow flies
Brunelleschi raised Florence’s dome without the wooden centering normally used for arches.
