PHOTO ESSAY: Cynthia’s Italian vacation

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You’ve got to love this colorful, watermelon-themed bicycle parked on a street in Florence, Italy.  How Italian!  How uplifting!

This photo and others below are by Charleston’s Cynthia Bledsoe, who has a photographic eye we’ve long admired.  When we learned she was headed to Italy recently for a vacation, we asked her to share some of her favorite travel pictures with us to give us a taste and feel of Italy.  You won’t be disappointed starting with some photos from Tuscany and Umbria in the north and followed by images from the Sorrento area south of Naples.  Thanks, Cynthia!

Fresh artichokes in a market in Orvieto in Umbria.

Fresh artichokes in a market in Orvieto in Umbria.

Clothes drying in the sun in the Tuscan village of Pienza.

Clothes drying in the sun in the Tuscan village of Pienza.

A woman in the village of Radicondoli near Siena hangs the wash.

A woman in the village of Radicondoli near Siena hangs the wash.

Classic shot from the Tuscan city of Siena.

Classic shot from the Tuscan city of Siena.

An Italian version of a Rainbow Row in Siena.

An Italian version of a Rainbow Row in Siena.

An interesting view in the village of Chianciano near Siena.

An interesting view in the village of Chianciano near Siena.

A view of a villa in the Tuscan hills.

A view of a villa in the Tuscan hills.

The Duomo in Florence.

The Duomo in Florence.

Look who's in the driver's seat in this Tuscan village.

Look who’s in the driver’s seat in this Tuscan village.

If these shoes in Sorrento don't look Italian, what could?

If these shoes in Sorrento don’t look Italian, what could?

A relaxing coastal view near Sorrento.

A relaxing coastal view near Sorrento.

A boat in Marina Grande, a fishing village near Sorrento.

A boat in Marina Grande, a fishing village near Sorrento.

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