No sooner had we arrived in Italy than the loveliness of the earth and the serenity of the sky made the greatest difference in my sensations. I depend on these things for life; for in the smoke of cities, and the tumult of human kind and the chilling fogs and rains in our own country I can hardly be said to live.
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
Welcome! This is an online travel journal for my Summer 2010 trip to Italy, which covers the following destinations:
- Rome
- Arezzo
- Assisi
- Cortona
- Orvieto
- Florence
- San Gimignano
- Cinque Terre
- Portovenere
- Milan
- Lake Como
- Verona
- Padua
- Venice
Also, you should know that while I’ve embedded some photographs into the entries, many more from my trip are available on Flickr, and travelogues for all of my previous trips to Europe are also available from the navigation menu, including those from Italy in 2008 and 2013.
Enjoy!
DLG
The Independent Traveler 