Bella Italia!

Back in May of 2012, I travelled to my home town of Rome (and visited Umbria which is where my parents have a home). I was there for 2 week, visiting family and friends. It had been 9 years since I was there last. You can only imagine the tears of joy flowing from my eyes when I landed and began to hear Italian being spoken all around me.

As this 2012 year coms to an end, I feel that collages of highlights of travels and shoots we've had the pleasure of taking part of, must be posted... so many memories to share with you!

To see much larger images of many more details of my trip to Italia, please click on this link.

Salton Sea, California

Not many places in the world are like this place. The Salton Sea has always fascinated me. It's story from it's accidental creation, to the good 'ol days during mid-century times, and it's demise due to pollution and neglect. I've read just about everything there is to know about this place and it's even more intriguing now! When we were in Palm Springs last week,  we decided to take a half-day trip to the lake. We had to choose which side (east or west) to see, since we didn't have much time left in the day. We chose on the east side and went straight to a place called Bombay Beach, CA. 300 people still live here and swear by it. An earthen levi was built to protect "the town" from flooding toxic waters. This is what remains of the old town, on the other side of the barrier. I wish the light had been better for photos, but I sure know for a fact that we will return and will explore much, much further.

San Xavier Mission and Saguaro National Park in Tucson Arizona

This is a bit of a non-wedding related post. Hope you don't mind ;) Josh and I traveled to CA and AZ with my parents (for the first two weeks of December 2012) and it was glorious. The weather was perfect and the sights to see were as majestic as I remembered them to be. We can't wait to go back for more exploring!

Among many images taken, I have selected but a few from Tucson AZ, for now. It means a lot to me to show you where I went to school so many years ago... I hadn't been there since I graduated in 2000!

This is San Xavier Mission, 20 minutes south of Tucson. It was sunny and in the 80s. There was hardly a soul, too! It felt like we had the whole place to ourselves. The last two images are from our day trip to Saguaro National Park West. It is also located very near Tucson. We got there right around sunset and it was amazing!

Thanks for looking and we hope you'll check back soon, because I'll be posting more of our travel images... SO fun!

Alice and Mom ;)

Alice & Josh :)

Travel Photography - Italy 2012 - Umbria, Rome and Surroundings (part 2 of 2)

Part 2 of 2 of my trip to Italy is here.
This set includes Rome as well.
(Part 1 is here and here is a blurb/introduction about my trip as written in Part 1:


I had the opportunity to visit my country (Italy) this past May 14th to 25th 2012, after nine long years of absence. Almost one decade away from any place, makes it for a very exciting and emotional time. Many things have changed in nine years, while traditions and foods and the beauty that is Italy, remained the same.

I visited with all of my family members, had an amazing time around the region of Umbria (where my parents live and where I had never been) and loved revisiting my city (Rome) and my town (Bracciano).



Thanks for looking! <3

Train station, Roma Termini, Rome

Scenes from the train station, Roma Termini, Rome

SPQR

Trevi Fountain, Rome

Pantheon, Rome

Pantheon, Rome

Pantheon, Rome

Pantheon, Rome

Pantheon, Rome

Piazza Navona, Rome

Piazza Navona, Rome

Piazza Navona, Rome

Random bicycle hanging from a door in Rome

Milite Ignoto, Piazza Venezia, Rome

Milite Ignoto, Piazza Venezia, Rome

Milite Ignoto, Piazza Venezia, Rome & Musei Capitolini

View of Rome looking NE towards St Peter's

Ara Coeli, Rome

Musei Capitolini, Rome

La Lupa, Musei Capitolini, Rome

Musei Capitolini, Rome

Foro Romano, Rome

Trajan's Markets with Cesar, Rome

A Roman Scene

Colosseum, Rome

A scene from the metro station under the Colosseum, Rome

Cesi, Umbria

Cesi, Umbria

Cesi, Umbria

Chiesa St. Erasmo, Umbria

View of San Gemini, Umbria

Random ruin of a medieval town near Narni, Umbria

Narni, Umbria

Narni, Umbria

Narni, Umbria

Narni, Umbria

Anguillara Sabbazia, Roma

Bracciano, Roma (Castello Orsini Odescalchi)

Bracciano, Roma (Castello Orsini Odescalchi)