Tag Archives: Cinque Terre
Walking Into Vernazza
Fifteen years ago I visited Italy for the first time. Having taken Latin in school, I really wanted to see Rome. My wife wasn’t that interested – she’d been there before. She suggested we go to the Cinque Terre region, a place she had heard of but never visited. We had time, so we did […]
Coming Into Vernazza
In the hope that someday soon restrictions will be lifted and tourism will again become possible, I thought I’d share some pictures from my 2009 Italian vacation. My wife wanted to visit Cinque Terre, a region I had never heard of before. She sold me on the idea of five isolated villages with no access […]
A Newer Ruin
In a land where the ruins can be a couple of thousand years old, a 20th century relic doesn’t stands out. This German pillbox, part of the World War Two coastal defence system, is on the edges of Monterosso al Mare, one of the villages of Italy’s Cinque Terre region. It serves as a […]
Cinque Terre II
Today it’s mostly pictures. I have quite a few from our 2009 visit to Cinque Terre, and thought just a few samples were in order. And a reminder of course – if you haven’t taken my reader survey, there is no better time than the present to click here.
Cinque Terre I
If you haven’t yet taken the reader survey what are you waiting for? It’s only five questions and can be found here. I can only imagine what the hard trails are like. That’s what was going through my head after the first hour of our hike. It was only 8:30 a.m.; the day’s heat […]
Today’s Post Isn’t…
Isn’t what I am not sure. I had several ideas, and a few things almost ready to go, but didn’t make the time to finish them. But I didn’t want to leave you with nothing to read. Which got me to thinking. Jerry Seinfeld famously established one of the most successful shows in television history, […]
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