Ciaotraveler

Every year Londoners and tourists are treated to some of the most elaborately decorated windows of various themes and clothing designers at Harrods Department Store. I was lucky to see to see the windows for the new millenium in 2000.  For this year's Disney theme, Designers from Versace, Cavalli, Dior decorated 10 windows with gorgeous gowns that could have easily been worn by Cinderella and Repunzel.  See more of the Euro store windows and city lights...

Rick Steves offered a great PBS special  highlighting some of country Christmas customs in Europe.  I especially liked his Paris, Switzerland, Italy and Austria features...

Recently I was browsing Etsy and happened on vintage travel suitcases turned into lovely card boxes. I had no idea the decorative card box is the latest greatest wedding necessity. These can be very chic and elegant boxes.  I remember baskets were often used for this purpose at weddings.  These are...

So sad to see one of the most vibrant piazza's in Europe if not the world under water.  This was beautiful St. Marks Piazza (The Cathedral in the background) in Venice.  The Adriatic Sea, around the corner on the right must make this an engineering marvel to drain the water somewhere.  Usually there's a multitude of sidewalk cafe's with outdoor seating in this plaza.  See what happened to the tables and chairs and the video at the Daily Mail  here . 

Which was your favorite Bond movie and James Bond actor?  Naturally for me, I enjoy seeing the beautiful filming locations such as Lake Como, London, Venice when I watch the movies.  See which one was the most popular bond movie of all time and some of the filming locations...

The colors of European cottages and buildings are full of charm and rustic authenticity.  Many are built of stone and finished with wood shutters and  a splash of color. Some of these properties are currently for sale or up for home exchange... Morbihan, France

These four photo variations are all created from the original rose photo in the upper left using the easy  Vintique app, an app for collage and frames for the iPad.  There are different effects and frames to make the photo appear more interesting.  I like the...

Dwell photo While Amsterdam is known for its houseboat living, this one is exceptionally well designed. This couple did it the right way with clean lines, textured walls, open rooms and an overall contemporary comfort.  I think this would be a great place for my retirement!

Bill and Giuliana Rancic are today's super couple.  She's a host on E! and he's the first Trump Apprentice winner who's gone on to be a successful businessman.  They've recently had a baby boy through gestational surrogacy and their experiences were captured on reality TV over the past several years.  They were married in beautiful,  Capri...