I know that there are those who might say I have no sense but indeed I have five and am grateful for everyone. We have discovered that, as we travel,we truly experience Italy with all of our senses. Maybe the most obvious is with our sense of sight. Oh, the things we have seen! From the Sistine Chapel, to the colorful seaside towns on the Amalfi coast, to the rolling hills of Tuscany with its ancient walled cities. Our heads have been turning in all directions trying to take in all that we can. Some we have in pictures and some only in our memories. Thank You Lord for eyes to see. We also gave our sense of hearing a good workout. Three sounds that have become all too familiar are suitcases being dragged across cobblestone streets, endless bottles being dumped in the garbage, and all the scooters that really sound more like a weed eater. Thank You Lord for ears to hear. Of course I can’t forget the sense of taste especially having just come from Bologna, food capital of the world. We have eaten soooo much wonderful tasting meals. All those restaurants that don’t even know they’re in a competition for our #1 favorite meal. Thank you Lord for mouths to taste. Then there is the sense of touch. As we walked through the different stores we used our hands to feel the different textures. As we ate all those wonderful meals our hands became sticky. But my favorite sense of touch was feeling my husband’s hand in mine as we took leisurely walks through the streets of Bologna. Thank you Lord for hands to touch. We found that our sense of smell could go one of two ways. We enjoyed the smell of fresh sea air and large lemon groves in Sorrento. But the smell of mushrooms in Dale’s lunch in Bologna did him in for the next couple days. Either way thank you Lord for our sense of smell. Sight, sound, taste, touch and smell. God gave us so many ways to experience the wonders of this world.