On Italy, and Following the Charm!

Ornate balconies, peeling yellow cafes, small white saucers of coffee, ashtrays on tables, waiters dressed immaculately, pressed white shirt, black tie, coffee bars pulsing with people, life, conviviality, noise, warmth, colour, white walls, veridian splattered ceramics, a glazed bowl, teal and glistening waters, towers jutting off coastlines - so romantic - bougainvillea trailing on a mountain side, steps to a secret doorways, fading, eroding, crumbling architecture, deep layers of the past, volcanic soils, porcelain madonnas…