It has been nearly a week since returning to Buffalo from my first-ever trip to Italy, home of my ancestors (my maternal grandparents came to the U.S.A. from Bari, the capital of Puglia, and my paternal grandparents from Sicily). The tour was so concentrated and extensive that I can barely separate my memories or photographs of one village, panoramic view, church, or work of art from another. [The fact that my identical twin brother, David, turns 75 later this year also may contribute to this sad situation.]
I took somewhere around 960 photos while on my trip. My brother was kind enough to ask me to assemble a manageable number of my favorites, without feeling an obligation to identify location or describe the image. So that’s what I’ll will do in this posting, starting with my first glimpse of Italy from the window of my Boeing jetliner. I hope you’ll enjoy this modest “appetizer.”
With All Due Respect (and humility),
Art/Arthur/Arturo Giacalone
With All Due Respect 