Oops, I’m a bit slow with this, here are some photos from July. We were in Briançon, only 10km from the border with Italy so we decided to pop over for a quick visit. The first night we camped wild and saw the most amazing sight, lots of fireflys. First time I’ve seen them, they fly around flashing a little light on and off, the affect is best when there are a lot of them. I did take a photo, but it came out black! We covered a lot more ground in a short time in Italy, we whizzed down the motorways to get to a few interesting places, unlike France where we mostly stayed off the motorways on the smaller roads.
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Santa Isola, Italy – This was quite a random stop (like many of the places we have seen), we were driving along and stopped for a little walk and found this beautiful lake and river. Wanted to go in the water but it was very cold (in the mountains), just got my feet in for a few minutes. Out of the mountainous area, we did find a beautiful river to swim in, really warm, but I can’t remember the place name or river name! The sea on the coast at Marina de Pisa was also lovely and warm for swimming. |
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In Tuscany we went to a few interesting towns and villages with old buildings, Volterra, San Gimignano and Siena. These three photos are from Siena. I’m not religious (far from it) but churches and cathedrals are often beautiful buildings and this one was one of the most ornate I have ever seen. |
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Back on the coast, this is Vernazza, one of the five villages known as the Cinque Terra. |
I thought we were in Russia for a moment, but it turns out we were in San Remo |
This is somewhere in the Alps on the border between Italy and France. |
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More in the alps. |
Back in France, Gorges de Daluis (Alps). This was a beautiful area, the photos don’t do it justice. |
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A place called Annot. Not the most amazing place, but the campsite was great. |
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Hey Rob and Jolita!
Thanks for your news and blog etc.. we looove following your travels, AJ and I. Thinkin of you often- I am also due to send you the lovely photo I took of the two of you!
Happy Raw Solstice dinner tonight ;)) and a New Year full of sparkles and warm wishes for 2011! We are already looking forward to visiting you one day! kisses Caro in Geneva