Vacation Inspiration

In June I took my first trip to Europe! I spent 6 days in Italy. Mostly in Rome but also a day in Venice and a drive down the Amalfi Coast to Pompeii with a stop in Positano to dip in the sea. It was hot, hotter than the forecast predicted but that didn't slow me down (much). 

In school I did six years of Latin, so finally getting to see the site of the history was amazing. And while I’m not religious, I love to visit churches (temples, etc) for the art and history. Out of everything; the Vatican, the ancient buildings; the frozen in time city of Pompeii - what took me most by surprise and immediately threw inspiration my way was Venice. I wish I had planned more time there. 

The canals were beautiful and I could have wandered the narrow streets for days. It was the ones that simply end in steps descending into the water that really struck me. Though I didn't visit during flooding season, the idea of that water rising up and the locals just going on with their daily lives moving through it left me with a character begging for a story. 

Now I just have to figure out what she's up to