The Leonetti Family - Italia
Vacay 2013
Calabria, Italy...Specifically,
Tropea - by far our most beautiful
vacation.

We stayed in centro storico and it
was perfect - the apartment was in
a busy little piazza with
restaurants & had a terrace with a
view of the port.

I took so many gorgeous photos I
had a hard time choosing, but
here are the best of the best.
#thanksInstagram

Zaven is visiting with Rael
tomorrow and Tuesday.
And then is off to Japan on Friday
to visit the Matsugi family and see
Minori...SO exciting!

Very grateful.

4 agosto 2013
View lookinng down from the
viewpoint to the beach and view
looking up to the view point from
the beach. We were pretty much
in this vicinity  - reading, napping,
dipping and sipping for an entire
week - it was heaven. .
The view from our balcony.
Below - the beaches filled up fast
- Joe would stake a claim at
around 7.30 AM before going for
a run, so it is rare to have a view
with no bodies or boats.
The first time I was
in Tropea, in
2006, doing an
immersion
language
program, I fell in
love with the views
of the rooftops
from all the
terraces. One of
my favorite views.
Right: HUGE
highlight  - Capo
Vaticano - just
insane views and
aqua marine water.
Below right: The
beach we stopped at
- just around the
cape from Capo
Vaticano.
Groticello?  
Tropea is set on a cliff and the
town has all these narrow streets -
only a few are wide enough for
cars. Just darling, but don't even
think about wearing heels or
wedges - you will seriously kill
yourself - even the Italian women
were wearing flats.
#1000yearoldcobblestones

Below right: It is 269 steps
down and 269 steps up
from the beach. Not sure
how the old people or
people with bad knees
manage. But I do see them
parked on the beach..
Ferried by friends?
Right and below ~  our
cruise to the Aeolian
Islands. It was AMAZING.
We visited Vulcano,
Lipari, passed Panarea
and ended on Stromboli.
We saw many dolphins
(just amazing and
playful)  and lots of tuna
- one jellyfish. No
mermaids.
First stop Vulcano and
the Sulfur mud
baths...you are only
allowed 20 minutes in the
mud. It bubbles and is
very HOT. And you stink
...badly even after
showering. But it was fun
and is good for you (?).
I loved Lipari - I am
always looking for places
at the end of the earth
where you could get lost
and never be found...I
think Lipari is one of
those places. Charming
and isolated.
Stromboli - the beaches
are black and we saw the
lava flow. The volcano is
always steaming. Not a
huge thing for us
....growing up under Mt.
St. Helens.
I loved Lipari - I am
always looking for places
at the end of the earth
where you could get lost
and never be found...I
think Lipari is one of
those places. Charming
and isolated.
We started our
vacation with a stop
over on the way
down in Anzio - south
of Rome.

Sun, surf, a little
white wine and my
pulse began to slow...