Farewell.

Our much loved grandma died this week after an adventurous 90 years. We will miss you and will remember you always. Farewell.

Elizabeth Mary Jaundrell 17.01.1920 - 08.10.2010.

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Finale, Liguria.

I reached the Alps: the soul within me burned. Italia, my Italia, at thy name - Oscar Wilde.   

Finale, along the Italian Riviera, was where we spent the last leg of our Italian tour. Think pesto, Ligurian olives and limoncello. Our nonno has a holiday house there, complete with pretty damn amazing views of the mediterranean (photos 7, 9 & 10). Luckily for us we stumbled upon a second-hand market in the old town. Unluckily for us we had run out money by then and there was not an ATM in sight.

We're hoping to make a return trip next summer. Next time Gadget. Next time...

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Vinchio, Asti.

In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.- Orson Welles.

Taking a short break from our wine tour. This playground was so deserted we were waiting for the tumbleweeds to blow through. Seriously.

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Barolo, Piemonte.

All you need is love - John Lennon.

True true. But pomegranates, figs, wine and tagliatelle with truffles don't hurt.

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Torino, Piemonte.

 

You may have the universe if I may have Italy. - Giuseppe Verdi

The first 3 days of our Italian road trip were spent in Torino visiting the fam (including our amazing 86 year old, wood chopping nonno) drinking good coffee, enjoying the warmer weather and eating amazing pasta. Elke and Eli had their first taste of gelato and someone (*cough* papa) smuggled some pizza con nutella into Elke's hot little hands. When in Rome Torino...

Will post more from our travels in the next few days but for now we're unpacking, cleaning, washing. Washing 5 days worth of vomit. Poor little Elke bum.

xxx