Torre del Mangia

The Torre del Mangia ("Tower of the Eater") in the Piazza del Campo, Siena, Italy.


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Carol chowing in Siena

It was dinner time in Sienna and we had scouted a yummy looking gelato shop. When we were ordering Carol order a large 9" cone with 5 (yes 5!!!) nearly tennis ball size scoops of gelato. Of course I did also. And, of course, I finished way before Carol did.

There was no where to eat, so, like everyone else in Sienna we sat down in the large town square. While Carol was finishing her 5!!! scoops of gelato I wandered off to take pictures. Here are some pictures of Carol finishing her 5!!! scoops of gelato (and the 9" cone).


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Here are several pictures of the Vernazza skyline in the evening. Little did they know they would end up on the internets. Notice that the common thread in all five pictures is laundry.

The dinner party.

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Reading while the little woman sets the table for dinner.

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Looks like I wasn't the only one checking out the laundry action.

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At least she wasn't looking straight at me.

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Looking for laundry.

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Gossiping.

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The beach at Vernazza

The beach at the cove was the place to dip into the Mediterranian. I took these pictures from our balcony.

The old guys used to come walk in the water every morning.

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We saw this couple on the trail - with the baby in the papoose. They were hardcore.

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Christie, and friends

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I bagnanti

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Corniglia

The third city of the Cinque Terre is Corniglia.


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Evening in the Vernazza town square

There's no better way to spend an evening along the Meditteranian that to come to the town square in your chili pepper shorts, sit on the steps, kick off your sandals, and enjoy a smoke and some red wine.


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Manarola

The second city of the Cinque Terre is Manarola. We took a stroll up the hillside through the grape vineyards above the city. This is where these pictures were taken:

Downtown

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The suburbs

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