Ciao amici miei!
Bad news, nearly the worst! I have lost the cable that connects my camera to the computer for downloading photos!!! My most prized possession! I seem to have left it in the small convent that I stayed at for a couple of days. I have ransacked all my belongings for it, now I must call the extremely small and kind nun I stayed with to see if she's found it! So, unfortunately, I will be unable to share photos with you for some unknown period. The horror!! Ha ha. I hope figure something out but, it is likely that I'll be S.O.L. for photo sharing until I return to Rome in June. Boo!
In better news, the foot problem I've been having... while not 100% is better, about 80%. Thanks to you all who have lent your kind & wise opinions. I have narrowed the issue down to a tightness of the tibialis anterior muscle as well as an inability to walk forward into the grandness of my life. I kid, I kid. But seriously, recently I have been doing some serious soul searching about life. In a good way, I have been really happy lately!
I arrived yesterday to my wwoofing farm assignment in Puglia, the very heel of Italy! I haven't seen too much of the area but let me tell you, it is beautiful & full of olive trees! Huge ones! I walked through the olive trees just before sunset last night feeling totally blissed out, I am in love with Italy! So, the place I am staying is just gorgeous. It is an olive farm & agritourismo & I have a whole apartment to myself in this renovated old cassera, traditional puglian country house. I'd love to show you pictures but... you'll have to wait on the edge of your seat. I spent the day today blissfully weeding a stone driveway/yard, it was great! Tonight we are having a huge wind storm & there is talk of rain tomorrow. We are 2km from the sea & I tried to walk there tonight but darkness & my foot condition prevented my success.
Here are photos of my Mt. Etna mission as well as my lovely stay on the beach of Tropea in Calabria.
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| it is possible to take a gondola up most of the way but... when you like to hike, why not hoof it all the way as Erica & I did! We happily chatted the whole way up :) |
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| if you are unfamiliar with the "buff" and it's virtues please go to your nearest REI for purchase. |
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| did anyone see that Werner Herzog movie about Antarctica? On Etna they have antarctica style vehicles cruising up & down the volcano. |
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| just starting out |
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| i always wish that i could enjoy me some mountain biking... these dudes are hardcore |
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| we made some young foreign friends on the mission |
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| yeah baby! this is as close as we were allowed to get to the top. i was ok with this considering Etna had erupted just a week prior. |
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| please note, all these people had taken the gondola & then a van up here. we walked! |
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| pretty crater views |
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| the favorite dancer pose :) we didn't have a clear day but, at times the clouds would part for a stunning glimpse of the crater. |
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| and it is also possible to stage a primordial climbing out of the steaming crater shot |
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| oh these young Albanian tourists & their jeans & blue shoes... |
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| we descended into this amazing red crater! |
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| and our young friends were busy horsing around, breaking rocks & whatnot |
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| I had carefully ported some special sicilian birthday canoli up for Erica's special day!! |
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| as well as a tiny prosecco :) |
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| and these two were kind enough to haul their screaming baby up the volcano. He/she must be loving it!! |
And then, I took my bus, ferry, train, bus, train to get to the gorgeous Calabrian beach of Tropea. I was exhausted from my travel & it was all I could do to lie on the beach for several hours. The water was a little warmer here & made for a fantastic, cerulean swim!
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| this view was from the convent I stayed at. Convent- perfect for me! |
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| what is this thing? through my marine bio studies I'm sure I used to know... |
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| view from the beach! |
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| footsteps in the sand.... |
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| working on my foot tan & my foot photos |
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| ha ha, dept. of mental health |
If you are interested here is a link to the website for the place I'll be at for the next couple of weeks. I may do a photo free (cannot imagine!!!) blog while here in case there are some interesting happenings.
Bellolio in Puglia
and that's all she wrote! I miss you & wish you were here!
xoxox
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