In early October, I was lucky enough - and smart enough, I dare say - to be part of Julie Richey's 2015 Mosaic Masterpieces Tour. We started in Rome, then went to Florence with a lovely stop at a Chianti winery for lunch, tour, and wine-tasting, then wrapped things up in Ravenna!
Here's a little photo album of some of my favorite pics:
![View from Spanish Steps, Rome](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084275374-A0GRQJ8GS6FSR3TMW18O/cropped+1.jpg)
![San Giovanni della Pigna, Rome](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084275350-MHZ8FBK4X3QDBZUEAANE/cropped+2.jpg)
![Pantheon Dome, Rome](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084284422-7RYTCZC83EY0UDHLZ7FX/cropped+4.jpg)
![Faux dome, St. Ignatius, Rome](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084282989-7O9HDVIGO5TNUHF6NKZL/cropped+5.jpg)
![San Giovanni della Pigna, Rome](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084284018-7RDYOP7JXXH00TMLEL4P/cropped+6.jpg)
![Imperial Forum, Rome](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084298494-OZG5VVLOHP1QXALYHX5P/cropped+8.jpg)
![cropped 9.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084299024-2OYPCN6LBOKYM6547COE/cropped+9.jpg)
![Some goofballs at Antinori Winery, Chianti](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084307976-9HPEODKXFQUCTJP8Q54U/cropped+11.jpg)
![Reflection from Antinori Winery, Chianti](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084312029-CEQ3S0C9IXMC8MS07XV3/cropped+12.jpg)
![Along the Arno River, Florence](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084321298-VWUA3UR0GLSGMAYCE31U/cropped+13.jpg)
![Best door-knockers in Florence!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084321482-HSXPKTSKNV1DL3IJBQU4/cropped+14.jpg)
![View from Giotto's Campanile, Florence](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084323629-EAVLTN10JDD625DTGUAX/cropped+16.jpg)
![View from Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084324968-47O7SK68229FTYHYP2RG/cropped+17.jpg)
![Somewhere in Ravenna](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084336844-EG5ML8QUJ084O656A070/cropped+20.jpg)
![Apple in the Chapel, Florence](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54400cade4b0aa5d17dd5bc2/1449084325036-8RKZAW58F3F3PLACL887/cropped+18.jpg)