[Crowbob]

Thank you, Supe! What memories!

I spent 10 days or so in Rome, Florence and Venice on an art tour sponsored by the art department of the local community college.

I never understood what ‘swoon’ meant until I first laid eyes on one of Michelangelo’s first frescoes as a teenage prentice under Ghirlandaio. Not impressive in itself. The mere realization that I was actually standing in the same spot where Michelangelo Buonoratti once stood and worked was overwhelming. Then came my visit to The Sistine Ceiling.

There are a few times in everyone’s life that define them. First loves, the birth of their children and for me at least, wandering Rome, Florence and Venice.