Originally posted on The World Via Standby:
Here are some more pictures from our trip to Venice.

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Been goin’ kinda nutso on Instagram lately. I’d had the app on my iPhone for ages, but never really used it until recently because we’re upping our involvement with it at work. Now I’ve finally signed on, I’ve been subjecting whatever usable photos I have to Lo-Fi, Hefe, Valencia, and other filters while I get […]

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Originally posted on parlafood:
At Gelateria Fatamorgana, Monti

Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne

http://youtu.be/jjjMqxraCaw

I still count Canova’s Cupid et Psyche in the Louvre as my all-time favorite sculpture, but Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne sculpture cuts a close second (if not a tie!). The way the light filters down so that the marble glows, and how you can walk around the elevated sculpture to peer at it from different angles, is so amazing.

(video via Rick Steves)

Venezia on Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/32740428

Here’s a short film on Venice—a bit of Italy dreaming to send you into your week.

(via WhyGo Italy)

Walking Rome by Katie Parla

Because I’m pretty much a fool for Italy travel—particularly reading about all the ways I can enjoy it like a local—I’m super-excited to check out Katie Parla’s new National Geographic guidebook Walking Rome. It drops today and I’m planning to add it to the collection of books and apps I read on Italy, just as a form of escapism. […]