July 2013 & November 2018
I've been to Italy twice now, but not yet to visit where my ancestors are from. My first visit took me to the Italian Riviera. I sailed along the west coast of Italy, traveling to Genoa, the Cinque Terre, Porto Venere, Elba Island, then inland to Carrara, Lucca, and Florence. When I returned to Italy in 2017, I visited Livorno, Pisa, and Rome.
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Leah in the village of Vernazza in Cinque Terre, Italy. 2013.
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