In honor of National Cat day. Bob with Buddy

We made an Italian dinner for family and friends. We made the items we learned to make at our cooking class in Florence, Italy

Italian dinner for family and friends

Quinlee, Toddi, and Brian. Nice day for the Icicle Gorge trail near Leavenworth

Me with Ruby, my first great grandchild

What we bought on our trip (well this is most of it!)

The Canadian Rockies from our flight from London to Seattle

Orvieto, the nicest small town in Italy.

Yes, we had some delicious food in Tuscany. We had a tour with 7 people in a van. We had lunch in a private home with wine tasting. Delicous!

Frescoe in Monastary in Tuscany. See the blue superman!

The Clay Hills of Tuscany

What is Italy without gelato?

Vernazza, Italy (Cinque Terre - 5 villages on the Mediterranean)

Here we are in Venice

Another formal night on the cruise

Us in Oia, Greece on Santorini

Oia, Greece on Santorini island

The donkeys in Santorini, Greece (no we didn't ride on them!)

Cats sleeping in bathroom in Ephusus, Turkey

Ephusus, Turkey while on our Greek cruise

Ephusus, Turkey. Using the loo was a social affair back then.

Formal night on our Greek cruise

Me in Mykonos, Greece

Orvieto Italy cathedral

Cathedral in Orvieto, Italy

Siena cathedral painting. Notice the dog lower middle.

Siena, Italy

We are almost done with our 3 1/2 week trip. We started with Rome where we had a full day to visit Ancient Rome. On September 26 we boarded the Celebrity Silhouette for a 12 night Greek cruise. The highlights of our cruise included Pompeii, Mykonos. Athens, Ephusus, and Santorini. The cruise ended in Venice.

From Venice we took the train to the Cinque Terre. We spent two nights in Vernazza. We hiked from Vernazza to Corniglia, the took the train to Riomiggore then the ferry back to Vernazza.

Next we took the train to Florence where we spent two nights. We stayed in a very nice B&B. While there we did a dream of mine - cooking class in Italy. BOB EVEN WENT WITH ME!  Yesterday we climbed the bell tower for some great views. Now we are in Siena.

BOB made it, too!