Umbrella closeness, the choreography of leaning in just enough so the rain doesn’t get you, but not so much that it feels intentional. #Italy #Siena #Rain #UmbrellaIntimacy #Travel #Photography

I carry the America that raised me and the places that reshaped me. Not quite an American abroad, not quite a local just something in between, made by both. Grateful for every world that let me belong. #GroundedAndGrateful #ExpandedByExperience #GratefulTraveler #BelongingEverywhereAndNowhere

Every culture has its crowning achievement. Chianti is poetry under a Tuscan sky, and a hookah in an Istanbul sky lounge is pure Bosporus bliss! #Istanbul #Bosporus #Hookah #Smoke #Photography #BNW #MonochromaticMemories #Travel #Turkish

A quiet scene meant only for her. #Florence #Italy #Photography #BNW #Monochrome #Rain #TuscanSky

A cathedral in stripes. Serious purpose, playful stripes, like a philosopher in fun socks. #Italy #Siena #DuomodiSiena #Duomo #Tuscany #Photography #MothersDayInSiena #Photography

One year ago I packed two suitcases, a backpack, and flew to a tiny village in Chania with a passport that had never been stamped. The unknown felt heavy at times, but it’s exciting when you surprise yourself. Buy the ticket, take the ride let the vast unknown show you what you’re made of. #Italy

Somewhere gentle. #Italy #Tuscany #Photography #Florence #History #RainyWalks #TuscanyInSpring

Bring your own rainbow wherever the weather takes you. #Italy #Siena #Chianti #Rainbow #Rainydays #Photography #Italian

"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire." St. Catherine of Siena #Italy #Siena #TuscanSky #medieval #Photography #Travel #Architecture

A café that grew outward, and a street that didn’t mind. #Italy #Florence #StreetCafes #BNW #Monochrome #SaturdaysInFlorence #Italians #ItalianStreets #ItalianLI’ve

The Uffizi letting me borrow its view of Florence for a moment. #Italy #Florence #Uffizi #PonteVecchio #BNW #Photography #Monochrome #SpringInFlorence

Morning disarray. #Italy #Travel #Photography #Florence #Expat #ItalianDesign #SlowMornings #SpringInFlorence

Florence sidewalks thin as a thread, Vespas whizz by just inches from your head. You shimmy, you squeeze, “scusi” on cue Cheerful and calm, like Florentines do. #FlorenceLife #FirenzeVibes #ItalyMoments #SidewalkStories #VespaDance #ScusiCulture #Photography #BNW #Monochrome

Our adopted Tuscan cat reporting for laundry duty with the Tuscany CloudDryer 300. #Italy #Florence #photography #Cat #ItalianCats #TuscanCats #ExpatLife #Travel #BlackandWhite #Monochrome

Buongiorno Florence! #Italy #Florence #ExpatLife #Travel #ILOVEITALY #ItalianStyle #Photography

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. Oscar Wilde #Florence #BoboliGardens #IgorMitoraj #PalazzoPitti #OscarWilde #Art #Sculpture #Photography #BNW #Monochrome

Every visitor leaves their mark, one sticker at a time. #UffiziGallery #Florence #Italy #Art #Photography #Travel

Laundry: the uncurated version of someone’s life. #Italy #LePiagge #Florence #Photography #BNW #Monochrome #Travel

Easy Saturday mornings in Florence. #Italy #Florence #Photography #BNW #Monochromatic #BlackandWhite #CityStreets #MorningWalks #Travel #Expat

I am a cage, in search of a bird. Franz Kafka #Florence #Italy #Photography #MorningWalks #FranzKafka #ArnoRiver

"A guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly" (The Odyssey). Some things stay with you forever and the Greeks are one of them. #Greece #Athens #Travel #GreekHospitality #summerinGreece #TheOdyssey #Photography #PeopleofGreece

There’s a softness to something that’s been cared for over time. It’s loyalty in motion, something deeply human about the beauty of people and the things they refuse to give up on. #Florence #Italy #Fiat #VintageCars #Photography #BlackandWhitePhotography #Monochrome

“In America, one must be something, but in Italy one can simply be.” Pietros Maneos #Italy #Florence #BNW #BlackandWhitePhotography #Monochrome #Photography #Travel

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." C.S. Lewis #Italy #Florence #Photography #PeopleofFlorence #BNW #Monochrome

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” Michelangelo in the presence of the Uffizi Gallery #Italy #Florence #UffiziGallery #BlackandWhite #Photography #Monochrome #Architecture #History

Vaulted halls, endless symmetry. The Uffizi Gallery is a masterpiece before you even look at the masterpieces . #Italy #Florence #Travel #BlackandWhitePhotography #Monochrome #UffiziGallery

Talking Italian while Robert De Niro’s waiting, another Florentine moment. #Italy #Florence #BNW #BNWPhotography #Monochrome #PeopleofItaly #ItalianVibes

Michelangelo a sculptor who painted when he had to. #Italy #Florence #UffiziGallery #MichelangeloMagic #DoniTondo #RenaissanceEnergy #FlorenceArt #ArtInFlorence #MasterpieceMoments

Florence in motion. #Italy #Florence #UfizziGallery #BNW #Monochrome #StreetPerformers

Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul. Michelangelo #Italy #Florence #Photography #ArnoRiver #PonteVecchio #Italian #FlorentineLifeStyle #PeopleofItaly

Anyone can buy the finest silk on the Ponte Vecchio, but a Florentine knows how to wear it like a second skin. #Italy #Fashion #Florence #EffortlessCool #PeopleofFlorence #BNW #BlackandWhitePhoto #Monochrome

We don’t just take photos, we relive what mattered and each shot is a reminder: I existed here. #Italy #Florence #Photography #BNW #blackandwhitephotography #Monochrome #Travel

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin #Italy #Florence #AnaisNin #Photography #Travel #Adventure

Eyes uncovered, she rises above the city, very Florentine. #Italy #Florence #TowerofJustice #Architecture #Travel #Photography

“Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things” Michelangelo #Italy #Florence #ArnoRiver #Photography #Skyskape #Architecture #Travel

Florence: beauty that was meant to be public. Not hidden in palaces. Not reserved for elites. Out in the open, for everyone. #Florence #Italy #TheDuomo #Photography #BNW #Monochrome

A belief that beauty is a public good. Baptistery of San Giovanni. #Italy #Florence #TheDuomo #BaptiseryOfSanGiovanni #Photography

The Duomo wasn’t just a church it was a statement: “We can build something the world has never seen, and it will belong to EVERYONE.” #Italy #Florence #TheDuomo #MediciFamily #Photography #BNW #Monochrome #ForThePeople

Fashion changes, but style endures. Coco Chanel #Italy #Florence #Photography #BNW #Blackandwhitephotography #TravelPhotography #Monochrome

That fleeting moment when the morning light turns the room into a gallery. It’s the best kind of alarm clock. #Florence #Italy #Photography #Travel #Italian #MorninginsInFlorence #HomeSweetHome

Where curtains stand guard in place of screens, keeping the insects out and the charm very much in. #Italy #FlorenceLifeStyle #Photography #TravelJournal #ItaliansDoItBetter

Every morning, these doors will open to a chapter I haven’t lived yet. #Italy #Florence #Homeawayfromhome #Tuscany #photography

Morning light, a quiet cup, and Florence waking slowly. #Italy #Florence #photography #Morningcupofcoffee #Travelphotography

Slipped into Florence. Hello, Tuscany. #Italy #Florence #Tuscany #Travel #Photography #ILOVEITALY

“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.” Anne of Green Gables #Greece #Kalyves #Crete #LongingforSummer #GreekIslands #Photography

"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things," Henry Miller #Istanbul #Travel #SummerAbroad #HenryMiller #Photography

Dundee, a little rough around the edges, in the best possible way. #Scotland #Dundee #UK #Photography #BNW #Monochrome

To be alive is Power. Emily Dickinson #Greece #Athens #Photography #BNW #BlackandWhitePhotography #Monochrome

When you’re with a horse, the world simply melts away. #Scotland #Photography #BNW #BlackandWhitePhotography #Monochrome #Horsephotography

You have to die a few times before you can really live. Charles Bukowski #Scotland #CharlesBukowski #Photography #BlackandWhitePhotography #BNW #Monochrome