Why am I posting a picture of fog and rain? Well, it may not be the prettiest thing you’ve ever seen, but to me it’s the most beautiful sight I’ve seen in a while. Yes folks, that’s rain. Something we haven’t seen here in months. Ah, blessed rain. The air is refreshingly cool and you [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2007’
Pacchianelle
This weekend was festival weekend here in town. Well, it really started on the 16th when we had the Festa della Madonna del Carmine. We have what we call the Collegio below town which was once a monastery, then a school for priests, and is now where the priests live. It has always been the [...]
Hammered Copper
We recently had a festival here in town called “Tra le mura del borgo”. In the medieval section of town a market was set up and local vendors selling typical products of the region had stands in the market. One of the stands featured hand-hammered copper pieces, some of which were truly unique. Here are [...]
While Nero fiddles…
Abruzzo burns. Unfortunately, when we got back from our Sunday roadtrip, we were greeted by the remnants of a fire below the town of Dogliola. The fire had burnt along the Trignina from Dogliola towards Tufillo. It was for the most part extinguished, but there were still embers here and there. Since it was dark, [...]
Where the wind blows
I didn’t have much time to write last week since I was busy working on a project. To sum the week up, it was hot…. And that’s about all I can say. To escape the heat, we decided to take a ride up to Passolanciano with friends. Passolanciano is located in the National Park of [...]
Where there’s smoke…
There’s fire…… This was the scene Saturday afternoon here right outside of town. The fire burned for several hours and the fire company and volunteer civil protection services were here to help. Paths were plowed through the countryside in the path of the fire in hopes of stopping it. These guys came to the rescue [...]
Sunbeams
Well, we still have no rain here, despite the fact that yesterday morning we had dark clouds overhead. I think we all had our hopes up that we would get some rain. But, no such luck. (It hasn’t kept the zucchini from growing though.) During my walk yesterday morning, because of the dark clouds, I [...]
Playing Foodie
After our trip to the zoo the other day (and yes, O can’t believe I put of him with a camel on the internet), we took a trip to San Vito Chietino. It’s a nice little town on the Adriatic coast with, as I’m sure you can imagine, a fantastic view. Check these out Is that gorgeous [...]
Dancing with Elephants
OK, I admit it, I’m crazy about animals. It doesn’t matter what kind – dogs, cats, horses, goats, pigs, elephants. This is why I love to go to zoos, especially the kind that let you get close to the animals. Yes, I know, it can be dangerous, but I can’t help it. Recently we’ve been [...]
Remembrance of Things Past
Here in town we have a castle which, being a castle is, of course, pretty neat… Up until this year, there was a museum of sorts located inside the tower. In the museum were tools, furniture, clothing, etc. that were used in the past. I have to admit though, it was sort of placed helter-skelter [...]
