Here are some shots from our visits to Siena and the Cinque Terre region. Siena is in Tuscany so we enjoyed vineyards, olive groves, a drive through the countryside with views of castles and hills, and the lovely ambiance of the town itself. This included lots of stair climbing (as illustrated by Monica and Esie) and fence climbing (as illustrated by Emily). Behind Monica and Esie are some Sienese bricks and Sienese trees. Behind Emily are San Domenico Church and typical Sienese houses.
Cinque Terre is a group of five small villages (from South to North: Riomaggiore, Manorola, Corniglia, Vernazza, and Monterosso) on the Italian Riviera. We stayed in the town of Riomaggiore (we happen to think this is the best of the five) and enjoyed the sound of the ocean, the sound of church bells, and the sound and sight of our yummy dinner being cooked in garlic by a very fine chef. Please view the above photo of us with many varieties of fried and baked sealife. Yum! The sunset photo was taken at the end of our 90 minute hike from Corniglia to Vernazza. One of many spectacular photo opportunities along the way. We hiked our way through all five of the towns, except for the stretch between Manorola and Corniglia which was closed due to a "landslade" from the previous night's heavy rain. We figure if we had stayed maybe another month or so, could work up some calves of steel like the 75-year-old ladies in Riomaggiore.
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hi from roma!
made it uneventfully to the beehive. uneventfully meaning i had no minibeasts attempting to murder me.
hows venezia tonight?
over-n-out
ps es and i passed notes to each other on the train. it was fun.
i miss you guys!! an italian guy was nice enough to help me heft the beast onto an overhead rack on the train because there wasn't room on the floor. so some poor unsuspecting Italian woman ended up sitting in "the dead zone" underneath it. I was like *sniff* this would be sooooo much more hilarious if Em was sitting there and Esie and I were having fits of hysteria laughing about it...
safe travels!!!
NOV 26
HICKORY DICKORY NURSE
YOUR ROOM, I FEAR, IS CURSED.
A MOUSE RAN IN
THE CATS DID GRIN.
GRAY C. IS SO PROUD SHE COULD BURST.
Gee, Dad, I'm shocked. Has my closet been checked? You might want to invest in a hazmat suit. I guess such incidences can be expected since we live in the country...oh wait...
I JUST PUT YOUR MOTHER ON THE PLANE TO JOIN YOU IN A XMAS SHOPPING FRENZY. SHE IS STRIPPED OF CREDIT CARDS BUT STILL WOULD QUALIFY AS LETHAL. I ASSUME CLAUDIA HAS ALERTED THE POOR UNSUSPECTING GERMAN VENDORS AT THE STUTTGART & NUERENBURG CHRISTMAS MARKETS. IF NOT, WE MAY ALL BE BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. REMEMBER, "W E D O N O T N E E D A N Y M O R E X M A S O R N A M E N T S!!"
IN FACT, MOVING ANYMORE XMAS STUFF FROM EUROPE TO OUR BASEMENT MIGHT HAVE DEVASTATING AFFECTS ON PLANETARY ROTATION WOBBLE
weissenfels!!! (the town we stopped in on jterm) i knew i'd remember it at the most random moment..
em
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