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    Venus is shining bright as the sun goes down. Seems like the only star in the sky.

    The sun setting over a wall, with a single bright star in the sky.

    Stopped for a lunchtime drink at a bar in Rome and, unknown to me, a French girl sitting at the next table was drawing me as I was talking on the phone.

    She’s talented. She explained that she’s an art student and likes to do this when she travels.

    A sketch of me in an artist’s notebook. I am talking on the phone with a drink in front of me on a table.

    The room in Rome where John Keats died.

    The room in Rome where John Keats died.

    Walked past some old building in Rome around sunset tonight.

    The colosseum in Rome at sunset.
    A beach at Porto Selvaggio nature reserve in Salento on a sunny October day, with a handful of people sunbathing and swimming.

    A beach at the Porto Selvaggio nature reserve in Salento.

    You need to walk through woods for 30 minutes from the nearest parking spot. Worth it every time.

    A beach at a nature reserve on a clear autumn day. Porto Selvaggio, Salento, Italy.
    A sunset at a beach in Italy, the sky is blue above the ocean and there are rocks with green grass.
    Shrine to Mary in a street. It's made of bricks and there is a brown fence in front of Mary.

    Young vines preparing to soak up the summer sun.

    Grape vines growing in a field

    It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that you just are who you are, forgetting the power you have to take action and become who you want to be.

    Let’s not let the challenges of the past and the present hold you back from moving forward towards where you want to go.

    Keep taking those steps, no matter how tiny they may feel. They all add up if you just show up and keep moving.

    Smile when you can. It makes the journey more fun.

    So here’s to the future, and the steps we’ll take to shape it.

    A sandy beach covered in footprints with the ocean behind

    Italian Sundays are made for passeggiatas. Here’s a shot from our stroll today in central Lecce.

    The front of Santa Croce church in Lecce, Italy

    Whoa, we’re half way there 🎶

    A blue and white cappella on the coast directly in front of the ocean.

    When I close my computer and head outside, sometimes it feels like I’ve stepped through a time machine instead of a door.

    Vintage Fiat 500 sitting still on a cobbled Italian street.

    This paddle boarder had the right idea. Need to get myself one of those for days when the sea is as beautiful as this.

    Paddle boarder alone in a calm sea.