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Vernazza, Italy

Vernazza ItalyVernazza Italy

Vernazza Italy is one of the five villages of the Cinque Terre. It is situated in the middle of a national forest on the northern coast of Italy. Close to the border of France are five villages perched on the cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The villages are named Riomaggiore, Corniglia, Vernazza, Monterosso al Mare and Liguria.

As a family, we instantly fell in love with these villages. It was just our style, right up our alley- the beautiful blue Mediterranean water, lots of cliffs to jump from, tiny winding streets, flowers spilling from window boxes, not very many tourists, just a handful of cars, and miles and miles of hiking or biking trails. Truly a picture perfect place. This picture is in the village of Vernazza, the swimming was wonderful. We spent hours in the water and lounging on the rocks, from sun up to sun down.

Antonio Greco Vernazza Italy
Antonio Greco

Walking up through the village the storefront of this artist caught our eye. His name is Antonio Greco and he is a native of Vernazza Italy. I took this picture because I couldn’t get enough of his art. I feel a kinship, lately I fancy myself a driftwood/collage devotee, artist in training- so to speak. Take at look at his other works of collage art here. He also collaborates with his wife Michele Lilley and artist Maya Von Geldern to make purses and jewelry- you can see their goods here. I really loved all of their art, it gave me all sorts of inspiration to get crazy with the collage. And I so love the internet because although I didn’t buy anything that day- Christmas is right around the corner and online shopping is so easy.

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