A.K. LEE

I have walked where Leonardo da Vinci walked, seen with my eyes what he saw. I am content. Where life takes me next, I will go without regret. These were the words I scribbled in my travel journal the day before I left Florence. It is a city that is assured of its nobility of spirit and its place in history, and why should it not be? Florence was the seat of the mighty House of Medici, and from Florence came the rushing waters of the Renaissance that swept away the past and l

When in Rome... The husband and I decided early on that we had to visit Vatican City while we were in Rome. The only word I can use to describe it is "grand": grand spaces, grand architecture, grand history... and at the end of it, a wistful sense that this isn't what Jesus would have liked to see. The half-day tour I had signed up for was run by an enthusiastic archaeologist who told us a lot of information that we would not have known otherwise. The highlight for me was, un

And a Happy New Year! I'm baaaack! How is everyone? I have been away on a very long trip with the spousal unit. He wanted to see Europe, so we traipsed through a few cities in Italy, popped by Paris, and spent Christmas in London. Of course his wallet and credit cards were not too pleased by the time we touched down back home, but we were very satisfied with our almost-too-long vacation. We landed in Rome after a grueling flight, but somehow my husband was still energetic and