Still in search of her proverbial backpack, Ailsa wants us all to take a load off and park it on a bench, any bench, anywhere. That’s the theme for this edition of the Weekly Travel Theme — BENCHES.

Below are a few — wooden, stone, bronze and iron — that I’ve sat on to catch my breath while in hot pursuit of Ailsa’s fill-in-the-blank backpack!

Just click on one of the frames for a full-screen view of this bench set.

Hibernating Bench – Campo Marzo – Vicenza, IT | ©Tom Palladio Images
Benches in the Spotlight – Campo Marzo – Vicenza, IT | ©Tom Palladio Images
Dark Shadows Bench – Norcia, IT | ©Tom Palladio Images
Lakeview Bench – Lac Leman – Ouchy, CH | ©Tom Palladio Images
Benched Passageway – Teatro Olimpico – Vicenza, IT | ©Tom Palladio Images
Etruscan Stone Bench (R) – Civita di Bagnoreggio, IT | ©Tom Palladio Images
Bronze Children on a Bench – Church of the Carmine – Vicenza, IT | ©Tom Palladio Images
Santuario dell’Angelo – Piovene, IT | ©Tom Palladio Images
Church of Saint Marie Madeleine – Perouges, FR | ©Tom Palladio Images
Around the Park Benches – Giardini Salvi – Vicenza, IT | ©Tom Palladio Images

 

©The Palladian Traveler | ©Tom Palladio Images

The Palladian Traveler's Borsalino over cobblestone | ©Tom Palladio Images

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Written by The Palladian Traveler

Tom traded his hometown St. Louis Cardinals' baseball cap in the United States for a Borsalino and he now hangs his "capello" in the Puglia region of southeastern Italy. A veteran print and broadcast journalist, with well-worn passports that have got him into and out of 50 countries and counting, Tom fell in love with the "Bel Paese" years ago. As he notes, "I'm inspired by the beauty I find in all things that are very, very old, and reliving history, or at least meandering along cobblestone streets that were laid down over a thousand years ago and just looking up and marveling at what occupies the space still today, really gets my 'Vespa' running." Tom has a good eye behind the lens and is a graphic storyteller, but he'll let you decide as he keeps his camera batteries fully charged and the posts flowing from his creative hideaway in the hills overlooking Ostuni. You can also follow his dispatches along the cobblestone via TravelingBoy.com.

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