MORE ON MY ITALY TRIP
On Monday, the 14th, we took the Best of Tuscany Tour and spent the day seeing Sienna, a wine estate in the Chianti area just outside of San Gimignano, San Gimignano, and Pisa.
On Tuesday, we toured the Academia (again, no photos allowed), where we saw David and the Uffizi (yup, photos not allowed here, either), where the DeMedici's really put together some pretty good art collections. We also crossed the Arno on the Ponte Vecchio and then walked back to our hotel.
On Wednesday, we took two trains (more complex than I would have wished, but we made it) to Monterosso al Mare, one of the Cinque Terre. Our hotel was a 14th century villa, converted into a hotel, and we had a balcony with a great view.
We took the ferry along the coastline to see the 5 towns from sea and we walked around and had dinner in Riomaggiore.
On Thursday, Becky spent most of the day on the beach and I checked out the easy part of the Cinque Terre Park walk along the Mediterranean and the 3 between Monterossa and Riomaggiore (Manarola, Corniglia, and Vernazza) and took a lot of photos.
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You should be a travel guide! Your trips look WONDERFUL!
Posted by: Kari McKnight-Holbrook | July 24, 2008 at 11:24 AM
Joanne,
your photos are gorgeous! It looks like you had a great time. Lucky girls! I was once at the San Gimignano winery where i tasted myself into complete intoxication, then somehow misplaced my eyeglasses. I never saw my glasses again after that....and boy did that make for some interesting sight-"seeing". Ha. glad you're home and well.
Posted by: erica | July 23, 2008 at 09:20 AM
Oh, your trip sounds wonderful. You did several of the same things I did on the DIVA trip a few years ago. We toured Manarola and really loved it.
Posted by: Robin Orewiler | July 22, 2008 at 08:44 PM
You had THE best time, didn't you? I can just tell! These are gorgeous. I'll have to click to see them "big." The boats are simply magical. Oh, I wish you lived closer so we could just sit down and you could tell me all about it!
Posted by: jeanie | July 22, 2008 at 04:51 PM
Joanne, what a trip of a life time it sounds like! Your pictures look like postcards and I can just imagine what cool creations you'll come up with using them. I look forward to reading more about your excursion, thank you so much for sharing!
Posted by: Aileen | July 21, 2008 at 08:20 AM