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Vernazza Cove

A day in the sun on the Italian Riveria

June 16th 2012
Geo: 44.1464, 9.65572Surprise! We're off again. We are on a train headed to Cinque Terre. It's only a day trip, then back to Genoa for the night. The name means "five villages" and is a National Park. This monument in landscape architecture is represented by the steep terraces sloping down to the sea. The terraced vineyards alternate with strips of olive trees. We visited ... read more
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Richard Ostrowski
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My job experience involved work in the construction and design area for highway transportation, working 32 years with MDOT and the past 13 years as Senior project Engineer with SME. After 45 years of work in various capacities providing geotechnical evaluation, road construction, and construction materials quality assurance testing I recently started a new phase of my life in retirement. My interests now revolve around more family activities, my six grand children,traveling and cycling.I have completed two cross country biking tours from Pacific to Atlantic and bicycle touring through 40... full info
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