When I close my eyes and picture long Italian summer days spent by the Mediterranean sea, my heart smiles. Italy is the country that calls me back over and over again, and leaves me wanting more each time I leave. I fell in love with la Bel Paese on my first trip to Rome in my early twenties; it left such a mark that while living in Asia I learned Italian (the irony!), and I've returned many times since. I’ve shared my Italy travels with loved ones and explored it on my own, over twenty years and and countless trips to most of its corners... yet there is still so much more left to explore. Each Italian region is so rich with la dolce vita, it’s impossible to do it all justice. This collection is just one version, and in progress. My happy place - Italy.