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Tuscany – Summer 2016

John Waller
“Attending the second year of the Greve Opera Academy in Chianti with touring throughout Tuscany and a few days in Roma”

From Italy 2016. Posted by John Waller on 6/22/2016 (69 items)

Through these doors, Jurate Svedaite-Waller and Daniel Juárez are about to make their…

View from the top of San Gimignano
I thought I broke my foot running yesterday – a mere flesh wound 😉

Tuscan sunset from the top of San Gimignano
Great acting – these guys are freezing and its 80+ outside
Si, mi chiamino Mimi

A toast to Bohemians everywhere
Musetta takes center stage
Ready for the Greve performance of La Boheme in the Town Square

Tuscan Sunset v. 3.0 Happy trails to you, until me meet again…
The newest art installation takes its place next to David and some other treasures of…
Pigeons have no shame or respect

Dinner in Rome – the entire city practically exploded when Italy scored each of its t…

The obligatory Leaning Tower of Pisa photo. Sorry, I was too tired to hold it up or p…
Always amazing – the flagpole on top is perfectly vertical
Nuff said…

Chianti Gianni, Tuscan Tour Guide, with my peeps
It’s true!
San Gimignano passage

Yours truly. I was tooling though the Tuscan countryside jamming on Who’s Next at (ne…
The tombs were pointed to each compass point, four entrances like this, of course ori…



The Galleria dell’Academia is about one thing…

The most magnificent sculpture ever created in Classical or Modern times, Michelangel…
It’s ironic that Dante loved Florence so much but was exiled nearly all of his adult …

Galileo’s tomb, even though he ex-communicated and nearly executed for insisting that…
Michelangelo started this tomb for himself but needed a little help for it to get com…
Here is where Dante should be entombed.
Loving life at our favorite restaurant in Greve, Trattoria di Borgo

Mauricio and his family open their home and their hearts to us and we had the best ex…
Looking out over the lands I hope to live upon one day
George’s famous Pear with Pecorino and Pancetta – one last one for this trip
Getting ready for the final performance of the 2016 Greve Opera Academy with the seco…

At our other favorite restaurant "La Terraza" in Panzano. One of the best v…
Tuscan sunset 4.0 – this time at the coast in Castigleone Della Peschaia
The best smile of the whole trip
Definitely worth the visit – Tuscan coast at Castigleone Della Peshcaia

A different view of the Duomo of Milano
Naked Violin, circa 1924
Three things I love about this mini car: 1) it’s part of an all-electric fleet of &qu…
The last items to pack away – another trip over, but so many wonderful memories will …

One last reminder of how important music is to Italian society – in multiple location…

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