Central Italy (Tuscany, Umbria, Latium)
I have been fortunate enough to have traveled a couple of times to central Italy: once during my art school undergraduate study, and once in 1999 with friends from the Georgia Tech College of Architecture. I hope to travel (and perhaps even work) there again very soon! The ancient ruins of bella Roma, the Late Gothic splendors of Sienna, and the artistic wonders of Renaissance Firenze (Florence), among many other cities, inspire my creativity more than any other region I've visited to date.

Carol, Barbara, Bill & Robert at the Foro Romano (515x386) 95KB	BIll enjoying a coffee at the Pantheon (550x361) 81KB	The spectacular oculus inside the Pantheon (370x557) 77KB	Ruins with female torso at Ostia Antica (370x557) 86KB	The Greek theatre at Ostia Antica (370x570) 80KB
Sculptural ruins at Villa Adriana (368x561) 86KB	Tivoli street Madonna (365x561) 90KB	Bill at Villa D'Este (538x382) 90KB	The Great Mother at Villa D'Este (375x549) 102KB	Bacchus at the Musei Vaticani (380x521) 81KB
Bill with HUGE putti at the Musei Vaticani (550x374) 89KB	Bill & Robert go incognito in an elevator at Musei Vaticani (480x424) 92KB	Bernini's beautiful Fontana dei Tritone in Roma (375x549) 80KB	An impressive devil door sculture in Sienna (450x436) 113KB	An emotional sculpture at the Loggia della Signoria in Firenze (375x554) 72KB
Barbara & Carol enjoying coffee at the Galleria degli Uffizi (450x445) 102KB	Bill & Robert deep in conversation at the Galleria degli Uffizi (375x554) 95KB	Bill & Robert at the Fontana dei Neptuno in Firenze (375x549) 92KB	A frisky satyr at the Fontana dei Neptuno in Firenze (375x576) 90KB	Bill at Santa Maria Novella in Firenze (565x365) 62KB
A depiction of the Damned on the facade of Orvieto's cathedral, designed by Lorenzo Maitani (375x554) 93KB	A painting of Mary, Queen of Heaven inside Orvieto's cathedral (375x554) 98KB	Bill & Robert enjoy a final morning in the hotel in Roma (370x550) 72KB	Linda & Bill enjoy the fountain at Piazza del Popolo (370x558) 78KB	Bill & Robert & Death at Santa Maria del Popolo (375x551) 78KB
Death (again) inside Santa Maria del Popolo (525x368) 75KB	An incredible sculpture at the entrance to the Campidoglio (375x565) 78KB	The Vittorio Emanuele Monument next to the Foro Romano (560x372) 83KB