A few days into the new year of 2014 in Paris….all the hoopla is over, it’s quiet and calm.  Cold gray skies and warm golden lights framing the Seine combine to keep us happy enough to stay outside until hunger and fatigue insist it’s time to call it a day.

Paris 2014

A few days into the new year of 2015 back home in Italy.  A different kind of quiet and calm as a few brave souls navigate the Arno.  Somehow their silent movements are calming and the beauty surrounding them generates hope.         Happy New Year.

Arno