30 years of marriage celebrated with 10 days in Italy

Rome: after a red-eye flight that took 14 hours.

One of mom's favorite picture

Ahhhh...Gelato is tasty!

Rome Still-Dad is researching the areaMom's favorite policeman in Italy. He helped mom with the train departures.

Dad in Siena, a medieval town is steeped in tradition: quite the staircase.

Chinese restaurant in Siena--must be authentic.

Now that is more like it: PIZZA in Florence...and not a bad price either.

Who can guess where they are here????

Florence-the Duomo. These are the doors to the Baptistry aka the "gate of paradise". Well, duplicates actually. The real gold doors are in museum and took 21 years to create.... My favorite picture: Florence.

Atop the Bell tower at Palazzo Vecchio.

Ponte Vecchio: the old bridge

Christmas was alive and well in Verona.

Legend has it that if you touch Juliet's bossom that you will get good luck.

Love notes posted at the fictional site where Romeo recited his famous verses to Juliet.

More Christmas in Verona

Venice: San Marco Square

A belated Congratulations Mom and Dad!