Some of my favorite shots throughout Italy.
A sandwich shop rests just above the promenade and the almost turquoise waters along the coast of Italy’s Cinque Terre.
One of three tables at a most picturesque restaurant on the cliffs above the waters of Italy’s Cinque Terre.
An expert pasta maker teaching a group of students inside la Vecchia Scuola, “the old school” in Bologna, Italy.
A chef hard at work tossing the dough for handmade ravioli on a typical afternoon inside la Vecchia Scuola in Bologna, Italy.
A child comes face to face with a human statue at the International Chocolate Festival in Torino, Italy (site of the 2006 Winter Olympics)
A father buys a balloon for his young daughter, perched on his shoulders and enjoying the brisk, sunny day at the International Chocolate Festival in Torino.
A backstage look at a cooking demonstration from the master chefs inside a tent at Torino’s celebration of chocolate.
Finding a friend on the balcony of a resort in La Thuille, a ski-town nestled in the Italian alps.
Tourists hiding from the rain, staring up at the Torrazzo bell tower in Cremona, Italy.
Preparing for a tour of the Parmigiano Reggiano factory in Parma, Italy, home to 400 euro barrels of cheese.
A wall of aging parmigiano cheese rises high above its visitors, touching the heavens .
A lucky glance at the sky above and I caught a plane between the lines of a tower rising above the beach of Lido, near Venice, Italy.
A look at the sunset on our return trip to Milan from Lago di Como less than an hour north of the city. The best way to spend a Saturday afternoon with friends.
Aprons arranged as Italy’s flag drying on the line just below a blue Italia shirt at a home overlooking Lago di Como.
In the kitchen of a small cooking school in Bologna a chef instructs a class of study abroad students how to fold handmade ravioli.
This man guards the way to free samples of Lindt chocolate, one of the many wonders of Torino’s Festival of Chocolate.
A couple of friends gazing at a bright full moon in the sky above Torino (Turin), Italy.
Awestruck onlookers peering through the heavy fog at a castle on a winter’s night in the ancient Roman city of Sirmione, Italy.
A quirky greeter stands in front of a store boasting numerous masks and costumes for Carnivale in Venezia, Italy.
Looking down on one of Venice’s (and Italy’s) most famously romantic squares, Piazza San Marco.
Boaters and pedestrians pass through the canals of Venice, each in their own manner.
Italy’s Dolomites mountain range, the reward for staying awake in flight on my return to Milan.
A friend takes in a breath as the sun sets over the slopes in La Thuille, a town nestled at the base of the Italian alps.
