We're back! It was a perfect vacation. And how could it not be? When you have a view from your apartment window that looks like this
and drive to hilltop towns that look over the Mediterranean with succulent plants all around like this
and go to covered markets in seaside towns where you can buy oils and spices and herbs like these
and see churches bathed in glorious sunlight like this
and drink coffee with your darling while the sun sets over a choppy sea like this
and drive up winding mountain roads until you get to a deserted and silent little town like this
well, then how can you go wrong? You can't, I tell you.
And if you're lucky enough to have a traveling companion who makes you laugh like this

then that is one fabulous vacation.


I love your laughing photos! So cute! You should frame them.
Glad you had a fabulous trip. Welcome back and Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted by: Beth | November 21, 2005 at 08:12 PM
Oh my god, these photographs are just gorgeous. The light. The colors. And these laughing photographs are just spectacular. You look like me when I laugh! That's a damned fine companion. Where can I find me one of those?
Posted by: shauna | November 22, 2005 at 12:27 PM
Beautiful photos. I love all the colors (of the spices, the church). Welcome back!
Posted by: Angie | November 22, 2005 at 01:37 PM
Beth, Shauna and Angie - thank you all so much. I'm getting a kick out of the pictures, and am so glad you like them! Hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving.
Posted by: Luisa | November 25, 2005 at 10:16 AM
Beautiful photos! I have to agree that both the one of the spices and the series of you laughing are classic.
Posted by: Brett | November 29, 2005 at 09:41 PM