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... Rob and I promised to journey through our lives side by side. It was a beautiful day with our families around us to witness and celebrate our wedding. The journey so far has offered all kinds of memories: joyful and sad, unpredictable and fun but always moments to cherish. There are so many more adventures and discoveries around the corner.
Happy Anniversary to my Best Friend! I love you!
While we were at the seaside with our family, we went on an outing to a neighbouring town. Final Borgo has a castle situated on a steep hillside. I almost got to the top and decided to rest my leg. (I was still in my cast at this time). This is the view I had overlooking the town to the Tyrannian Sea.
Pam suggested I use this photo for a Wordless Wednesday, so here it is. Enjoy!!
Leaving the northern regions of Europe, we flew down to Italy. We had an important occasion to participate in and we were looking forward to spending some time with our family there. Rob's cousin met us at the airport in Turin and had a wonderful evening planned for us. We were whisked off to see a fabulous exhibit of Egyptian artifacts that had been brought up from the ocean floor around Alexandria. It was awesome! The pieces on display were surrounded by a fine mesh gauze from floor to ceiling to imitate looking through water as if the objects were still resting on the bottom of the ocean. Of course, it was strictly enforced and not permissible to take photos of any kind.
The next day we all drove to the Italian Riviera to meet up with our family. They often go to the seaside for a weekend during school time and more frequently in the summer. We were only there for two nights before heading back to Rob's hometown, but it was gorgeous! The temperatures were already creeping upwards into the mid 20's (celsius). I had to be careful not to burn while sitting out on the balcony looking down to the water. That's the Tyrrhenian Sea you see in the photos.
There was enough time to visit a neighbouring town a little distance along the coastline.Finalborgo is one of those places people could dream about when thinking of vacation destinations. First we wandered through the town itself taking in all the activity in the square, including a flea market of sorts. Rob snapped this photo. If we looked hard enough, I'm sure we could have found some treasures to
bring home. As it was though, our suitcases were groaning with things we had brought for the children. Funny thing though, by the time we left to come home they were STILL as heavy as when we got there! I was walking a bit slower than the others because I was still wearing my walking cast at this point. It allowed me to take some interesting photos while people wandered ahead and chatted.
The destination was to climb a hill up to the ruins of Castel Gavone. I made it almost to the top but sensibly didn't push myself too hard. I sat down on a wall just near the Forte San Giovanni and marvelled at the view. One of my favourite photos is this one. I love the whole view out to the Tyrrhenian Sea but some of the details are quintessentially Italian. You would know them anywhere. Look at the laundry hanging out the window in the shadow of the church steeple. Isn't that great??
We could have happily stayed a few more days and soaked up some Vitamin D from the sun, but the children had to go back to school the next day. Italian summer holidays don't begin until the middle of July but they go through to the end of September. Another time closer to summer vacation, perhaps we can stay longer.
