My Travels to London, Rome, Florence, and the Italian Countryside

My husband and I were recently lucky enough to check a major item off of our bucket lists: international travel. We spent four days in London, four days in Rome, and then a week in Florence-- using it as a home-base while we explored the Italian countryside. During our two and a half weeks abroad, I witnessed a hundred moments of magic, blundered through a dozen funny, wacky incidents that will live on in infamy (I'm sure to be told again and again to unsuspecting friends and family), and also felt quiet tendrils of realization unfurl-- little glimpses of the giant world and my place in it. Sometimes explanations fail, but pictures truly are worth a thousand words. Here's my attempt to share with you some of the beauty we experienced: