Welcome back Tina ;-)
Can't wait to see Italian life through your eyes, and the Ms.
Amitiés
Philippe
Le 27 sept. 12 à 00:46, Tina Manley a écrit :
> PESO:
>
> Well, we're back! After a very different trip than we had planned.
> We
> thought we would spend the entire two weeks hiking the Cinque Terre
> and
> packed accordingly - hiking boots, walking sticks, jeans and
> backpacks.
> Luckily, we only booked a room for three nights in Verazzano and
> planned
> to make the rest up as we went along. This is what we ran into on the
> trails:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/146311132
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/146311135
>
> On the Cinque Terre trails, we were slightly over-dressed in our
> hiking
> boots and jeans:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/146311136
>
> It was so packed with tourists, it was hard to move on the blue
> trails,
> down by the water, so after a day of "hiking" we moved up to the
> strenuous
> red trails over the hills. That cut down on the people but also
> included
> miles of hiking through steep forest trails with no views. (Some
> views
> were incredible and worth the hike, though!) So we changed our
> plans and
> rented a car, drove to Lucca and asked the tourism office about
> Agritourism. They sent us to a 400 acre farm where they were
> harvesting
> grapes and that's where we spent the remainder of the time. It was
> absolutely wonderful. I have 4000 photos to edit. This was our farm:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/146311138
>
> I'm not sure about the logic of traveling from a farm in South
> Carolina to
> vacation on a farm in Italy, but we thoroughly enjoyed it. The
> family made
> us feel right at home. There was a restaurant on the property where
> grandma made homemade pasta every night. I gained about 10 pounds.
> We did
> do a lot of hiking in the hills around the farm and visited Lucca
> and some
> other hill towns.
>
> Photos to come after I finished editing them and washing clothes and
> buying
> groceries......
>
> Missed you all!
>
> Tina
>
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