Stella Sulmona

The trip to Introdacqua was mostly on a multi lane freeway over amazing viaducts and through long tunnels. We stopped on the way at a motorway caf for lunch &#8211; the Italian system where one queues to pay and then, using the cashier's ticket, one queues again to get the food or whatever. It seemed chaotic, but only because our linguistic abilities are less than adequate. No hang on it was chaotic.<br><br ...

... out the most stressful part of traveling is- traveling. Everything is great once you get somewhere, but it's the getting there part that always proves to be difficult, such as going from Crete to Rome and Rome to the Farm Stay. Going from Crete to Rome, I went on a bus to an overnight ferry to a train to a bus to a plane to another train to my hostel. From my hostel in Rome to here, I went on a train to a bus to a car to the farm stay. Also, it's not like you just hop ...

... farm... for the next nine days... We spent those nine days riding and feeding the donkeys... chasing the chickens.. dodging the goats... cooking with Maria, the queen mama... milking goats with Giuseppe, the ever working papa... and being taken care of by Antenello... their entrepreneurial son... determined to bring organic farming and ecotourism to the mountains of rural Italy... Highlights include hiking into the mountains to ...

... towards the end but the weather started closing in so it was a good time to leave. A beautiful sunset highlighted one of the villages as we left. Another time, Gianluca, Christian and I went to Campo Felice which has a stunning glacier type view as you approach it. After Chris and I decided to just go to the top and somehow get down on the snowboards...Chris realised his leg problems from his motocross ...

Hello everyone, A new week, and so a new summer camp. I'm now in Ravenna, in another small town called San Pietro in Vincoli. There's not too much to say right now; the camp is gong well, the kids are good, the town is nice, and the scenery is beautiful. I'm only allowed ten minutes of internet on the staff computer, so any more news than that will have to wait. Ciao.

So after 4 days of Italy the time came to pack up and fly back to London to start the same weekly routine. It's always so depressing when the good times end and you have to go back to work, especially when you hate your job. I usually get in the worse moods on the rides back. Maybe I should find a job I actually like then, huh? Anyway, we only had a couple more hours to kill before heading out to the Pescara Airport, so we ...

... his brother Giovanni Jr, Ed and I hopped in the car and drove outside of Lanciano. This was our last day so we wanted to make the most of it. Adriano wanted to see the sea so we drove to a nearby town on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. We had heard that there were some ancient fishing structures that were still used today. When I saw them out on the pier, I was extremely surprised as I had not expected this at all. They ...

... where his folks greeted us with hugs and kisses as if we were their own kids, which made us feel right at home in no time. While the guys drank beer in the balcony, Adriano's mom and I drank tea in the kitchen while getting to know each other. I could tell right away we were going to be spoiled when she mentioned that they already knew we were vegetarian and had the menu all planned out for the weekend ...

Capradosso to Pescara Saturday September 30th 2006 Woke up packed our bags and had some breakfast. Regina stopped by to say she had to run and might not be here when we left for Pescara. So we said our good byes and we headed to Rotella to see if we could make copies of the records we had found. I was a little worried at first when the only person in the whole building was the security guard. Luckily, she had already received a call ...

... airport like at 6 somehthing and divided shirts all day long. i'm really excited about tomorrow the show will damn kick asses and i will meet so many friends i didnt met since so long. i'm really excited. and form tomorrow we will also have 2 more guests in the van: evelyn and bibi. it will be real packed here but it will be much fun. ok now i go to hae some talk with the others. rock on! xjx