Neptune Cave

OK, I am WAY far behind on my blogging. John has informed me that my knitting is interfering with my blogging. I am just trying to get a project done. :) Anyway, while we were away in Alghero way back in Jan, we found a cave that we could go explore. The Neptune Cave is 2500 meters but the tours only cover a portion of this. The caves are at sea level and a constant temperature (about 18 C, 68 F) throughout the year and have variable humidity. It was quite amusing to us that the Italians were wearing winter coats in the cave. We did not wear coats as we were both warm. Luckily for us, the guide spoke for English and Italian so we were able to learn a bit about the caves (which I promptly forgot).

Sunsets

I lOVE sunsets. The colors, the changes in the sky and light, it is all just so beautiful to me. I like sunrises as well but I'm not exactly a morning person so I don't see many of them. Living on the east side of water/an island, we don't get to see many amazing sunsets.

While visiting Alghero, we got to see two amazing sunsets on the coast. Sunsets on the water the best. I just love to see the reflection of the light in the water...

Alghero by night

As I mentioned in a previous post, John got me a new "toy" for Christmas. He got me this really cool tripod with movable legs (click on the picture with him using it to see the tripod doing its magic). It came in really handy for night shots and when we went and toured a cave.

Even though he didn't want to share at first (see the first picture and the pole silver thing jutting out? That was because he had the tripod even though I like the effect, don't tell him that). He did share the toy and I was able to get some nice shots as well.

Pictures of Alghero!

So, we've been back for a week from Alghero and I've posted no pictures. So, now I am correcting this. :) As I mentioned in my previous post, we quite enjoyed the three days of sun and a little warmth. Anyway, here are the "favs" from the trip...

Verona

Towards the end of our trip, we visited Verona for a day. It was nice city but I liked Venice much better. We saw an old Roman coliseum which was interesting. We also toured a castle and a couple churches. We also saw an old whale bone hanging from a building which supposedly if a holy person walks under it the bone will fall.

More Nature

Here are a few more nature pictures taken around the Italian Alps.

Nature

Since the web is actually cooperating today, I thought that I would post some more pictues of Italy. These were taken in the Trento-Adige area of the country in the Dolomite Mountain range. It was so beautiful.