Wednesday--Vernazza, Itay

Levantra, Italy--we hiked here today.
Vernazza from the footpath. This is where we are staying.

View from our hike today!

LIFE IS A BOWL OF CHERRIES!


We have had a great day. The weather turned sunny. We hiked alot!!! We are going back to eat at the same restaurant as last night--twin brother run it--excellent food and a fun environment.

CINQUE TERRE, ITALY

Hello to all. We have arrived in one of our favorite places! We will give you some pictures. The top picture is our most dangerour trek--GonnerSchlult in Zermatt.
The waves are the view from our balcony room. The same room we had two years ago. The sea has been angry since we have been here. But the hiking conditions are perfect.
The boat picture is Portofino, Italy--we spent a nice morning there.
Cinque Terre is actually five villages connected by hiking trails. We have hiked to all five--but we are here until Saturday so we will do multiple hikes.
The vegie stand is proof that we are not eating just pasta and pastry--although we are enjoying the food. We have a 2.5 euro bottle of red wine for tonight on our balcony.
The animal picture--up close and personal--is for Dr. Stiles. We were delighted to meet him on an early morning Zermatt hike.
We occasionally think about routine things--but in general we are enjoying life!

Zermatt, Switzerland

Hello to all. We had a great few days in Zermatt.
We took the Gornergrat train to the summit and then hiked down 3 hrs.

We hiked two hours before breakfast today. After breakfast we spent the day on the train. We are in Santa

Zermatt, Switzerland

Hello Everyone! The flight was smooth--but jet lag is alive and well. (I know no one is going to feel sorry for us. ) We were up jogging at 4:30 in the morning because we were tired of trying to sleep. We spent the morning going to four bakeries for a progressive breakfast near Zurich.
We arrived in Zermatt about 5:30 p.m. We had a hike--the weather is perfect here--probably 75 degrees or more. Tomorrow we will take the train up higher on the mountain and hike down--we hope for a clear day. We will attach a few pictures if I can figure it out. The instructions are in German.

Almost time to go. . .

Tomorrow is the day! Our backpacks are almost loaded. Here is our itinerary:
Tuesday, May 22--leave PDX 4:57 to Vancouver, BC. Then fly to London & onto Zurich.
May 23, Zurich
May 24-28, Zermatt, Switzerland
May 28-June 2, Vernazza, Italy
June 2-June 9, San Gimignano, Italy
June 9-13, Castelrotto, Italy
June 13-16, Bolzano, Italy
June 16-23, Greek Island Cruise
June 23, Venice
June 24, London
June 25 Dallas, Texas
June 26 Home!

Espersen's Travels

Ron and Sharon are planning the fast approaching next adventure in their fun times together. We will leave in 10 days for Zurich. On this trip we will be in Switzerland, Italy, and Greece with brief travel stop in London for 1 night.