Jennifer Barrington is a great friend. By birth she is Australian and by marriage she is a Venetian with one amazing accent! Jennifer is a tour guide extraordinaire, a mixture of Australian storyteller (just like the Irish!) and the calmness of a zen buddhist monk who just goes with the flow! She imparts her unique perspective to both young and old.
Culture, art, music and culinary delights are all embedded into Italy’s unique DNA. Jennifer encourages her charges to be open to all that surrounds them. ” With a grateful heart see the magic in each moment.” At the end of their time together, each person shares some of the experiences held most dear…they range from finding the magic in the simple or what some previously would think to be mundane to the striking awe felt when connections to great art and architecture are made. It is Jennifer’s hope to instill in them not only a love for travel but the realization that those magic moments surround us wherever we are if we just open and see with eyes of wonder and gratefulness. (When I am having a bad day, I think of Jennifer!) Here are just some of my “magic moments” from my last trip in a short travel montage. With camera in hand, I went from the gentle rocking of the gondola, to the streets of Florence inviting everyone to dance, eat and celebrate…from Pompeii’s sacred paths to Capri’s giant rock formations amidst brilliant glowing waters of the Blue Grotto. I hope you enjoy it.