Cigarette lady

It was Venice, Italy, a decade ago. I saw this woman smoking in her window. She spotted the camera, so I gestured something to her that I hoped looked like a polite request. She waved her cigarette at me and stayed put, which I took as permission. I'm not sure whether she was posing for me or laughing at the silly tourist with funny looking camera, but either way, it was a connection.

Next month it's time for new adventures to parts unknown (by me, anyway.) I wonder who we'll meet in Barcelona and Istanbul?