Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good to have you back. The trip sound like it was fun. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> To: MUGers at yahoogroups.com, "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>, "paw" <paw at micapeak.com>, "seephoto" <seephoto at micapeak.com>, "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5:46:04 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Italy 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 -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information