Italy beckoned for our vacation and in two weeks we saw a great deal.

Venice was our first stop. It had a mysterious aura with masks and ancient alleys

traversed by the canals

Marde Gras Jester

Gondola in Venice Canal

Royal Mask for the Ball

Reveler in Venice

Venice Cobble Stone

Murano Glass Horse in Oven

Ponte Vecchio over the Arno River

Florentine Courtyard

Venus Rising From the Sea

Rome, the eternal city

Church of St. Juliet the Martyr

Apian Way the Road to Rome

I stepped back 2000 years in Pompeii. 
I preferred the First Style Period Art work.
It has greater simplicity. This style is characterized by the use
of faux marble painted on plaster, simulated masonry walls,
and ornate mosaic floors. Artists draw upon Hellenistic examples
of painting and architecture. Walls are divided into three
horizontal zones, with the top zone featuring a painted cornice.

First Style Room

Second Style Room

Villa de Misteri

Fourth Style

La Piazetta, Capri

Blue Grotto, Capri

Mount Etna

Mount Vesuvius

Villa at Night