Hiking, a really big David, and more

Okay,when we are paying by the hour, hard to take time to be creative. Mi scusi. All is well. We enjoyed hiking the Cinque Terre. Hiked our butts off cause a lot of up and down. MA Hoskins, you should come hike it. You would love it. We have been eating a lot and enjoying it. Jim ate a large portion of a whole cow last night. A la Vanessa style (it was still mooing). We are in Florence. One word for you. DAVID. Leaving in a bit to go to our next farm. Hope to come back to Florence for a day trip next week. Plus we have to complete our NCAA tourney brackets. And to the foodies out there, we had truffles in Paterno (our first farm). Forgot to include that. Delisimo. Ciao.
Squirrel

Not much to add. In Vernazza, the town is small, one street, down which the tourists pour and wash down to the harbor like a high tide, then recede back up and disappear again into the next train. By morning and evening it is a quiet little place;by day filled with daytrippers, yeah. Coming from there to Firenze was like being slapped in the face. But even Florence by night was calm and quiet compared to the throngs of people clogging the very narrow streets in the day. I don't know where they come from--all over, I guess. We have seen many famous sights but are looking forward to returning to the countryside. Ciao.
Moose

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