italy

it is so lovely here. the climbing has been mostly cragging because the weather wasn't allowing us much mountain time, but the warm winds are here now and we hope to go alpine soon. we have been in little villages, the gran sasso, to rome a few times, swam in both seas, and even sport-climbed in the cave of the argonauts. angelo's family has been so generous and it seems like the whole town qualifies as family. still no hope for pictures until we return to the states. we have been eating like royalty and drinking our fair share of vino too. it is exactly a month until we are back in the states for my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary party and then back to CA. we are excited to have the chomp back soon and see the redwoods. after 7 months of vacation we might even go back to work. until next month...