Friday, August 18, 2006

Italia Due

In my last Italia post, I neglected to provide some photos from our stay in Florence that it would be a shame not to share. That out of the way with, we will continue to our next Italian stop on the lovely Amalfi coast.

florence diningHere's our group enjoying a lovely Italian dinner at our Florence campground/resort. It was a delectable multi-cheese lasagne that I could happily eat every day for the rest of my life.
gelatoSpeaking of food, here's how the Florentines do gelati. You're not going to find that on Corydon! It was incredible.
siena streetThis is a cool-looking street in Siena, a city close to Florence. They were Renaissance-era rivals until the plague killed off a good chunk of the Sienese. Today they're mostly renowned for the color of their bricks which inspired the color "burnt siena."
siena messyJac got this candid shot of this cute girl eating gelato in Siena's main square.
vesuvius looms over pompeiiWe visited the ruins of Pompeii, with its nemesis Mount Vesuvius looming in the background.
red light districtWe had a great tour guide in Pompeii, who showed us little gems like this: a phallus pointing the way to the city's red light district. The more things change...
sorento jacHere's Jac standing on the water by our campground in Sorrento, looking uber-cool and model-like. Sorrento marks the approximate beginning of the Amalfi coast.
amalfi coastPictures can't do justice to the experience of careening along the high roads and sheer cliffs of the Amalfi coast. This is the type of incredible view that awaits you there.
amalfi coast 2And this might give you a sense of the roads we were on. My life passed before my eyes multiple times. It was great!


Well, that's it for this time. This is taking a long time to comb through and edit everything! It helps that I should be working on an essay and that this is a convenient distraction. :)

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