Abruzzo... it's GORJUS it it! Ohhhhh, just GORJUS! Look at it! Ohhh, it's GORJUS innit! Phwoooooargh!
Bellissimo! Italian old men rock.I love them all. What ARE they talking about all day?? (See the slightly bemused looks on their faces?? Especially the third from the left? Yeah, I had to pretend I was taking a photo of the skanky building behind them which is blatantly not what anyone would do, ever... they called us over after I took this but I was already running off down the street tittering to myself at my own cunning... is this illegal?? Should I have asked them to sign a waiver?? After all, they are now gonna be seen by millions.)
Pescocostanzo.
A village, like, 30 mins drive from Sulmona but higher in the mountains and consequently a LOT snowier.
A park in Pescocostanzo.
The locals are so used to the snow they don't even find it amusing to throw the stuff at eachother, and gave us funny looks when we did. Crazy English people that we are.
Mmmmmmmmountains....
Celano.
The coolest village-under-a-castle-under-a-mountain-under-a-cloud in the world.
The view of the mountain-under-a-cloud from the castle-under-a-mountain-over-a-village.
Tivoli. A human-made waterfall. Not a bad effot.
Cool clouds... (with obligatory Mountain.)
The valley Sulmona's in.
It's sandwiched just behind that big hill and the Beautiful Marrone Mountains behind it.
Nearly at the top of the world.
Talk about breath-taking. Couldn't breath for 2 days after this little trip to L'Aquila.
Actually on the top of the world.
That's mount Sasso over there, the
highest mountain in Italy.
Just a run-of-the-mill church in Italy.
Chiesta Santa Maria della Vittoria, magnificent it is, and its holds St Teresa by Bernini. Wa-hey!
posted by Katy Bangkok @ 5:33 pm
3 Comments:
Some fantastic pictures there SurferChick - well done on your little adventure!
Showing off about seeing snow, are ya? Well your photos are nothing. Portland had 2mm of snow the other day, and it settled for nearly half an hour before it melted.
But of course - in such a thriving cosmopolitan cultural centre as Sulmona you must be able to get the English papers. You must have seen it on the front page of the Echo. (Yes the FRONT page - that's how little happens in Dorset.)
Yes, of course we get the Dorset Evening Echo here in Italy. I usually pick it up it when I go down the local Alldays to get my Tetleys tea bags to go with the cod, chips and mushy peas i've bought for me tea... (am now salivating at my own sarcasm, mmmmmm, cod and chiiiips)
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