Sketches from my first visit to Italy in the summer of 2009. We were there for a 6 week study abroad program and stayed in the converted monastary, Santa Chiara, based in the tiny Tuscan town Castiglion Fiorentino.
Layover in Toronto
First espresso and a brick tunnel in Castiglion Fiorentino
View from the studio at Santa Chiara
Florence
The Cassero tower in Castiglion Fiorentino
Santa Chiara courtyard
Views around Santa Chiara
Castiglion Fiorentino
The Roman Forum
Apollo and Daphne by Bernini at the Borghese Gallery in Rome
Siena
In Bocca al Lupo
The Loggia in Castiglion Fiorentino
Cortona flowers
Santa Chiara courtyard
The last bottle of vino
