tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87112033615438221972024-03-14T05:25:42.536-07:00A love letter to my daysI am entering "retirement" next May(2011), and want to start tracking my life as I see it.ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-52043504422635826942023-10-20T07:25:00.000-07:002023-10-20T07:25:40.435-07:00Travels Return<p> I missed travel so much during the Covid pandemic (2020 -2022)! So it felt great when I started travel in 2022. </p><p>A group of friends led by Icheng came to visit from California on April 3, 2022</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/26a81fab-2efd-4db5-8424-74ef6453acad" /><img src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/d973447f-fc4f-44da-9cdb-d7e4e43dec05" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The first trip was to NM with KC, Lily, and KC’s sister</p><p><br /></p>ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-30726586512352916672021-07-17T12:07:00.001-07:002021-07-17T12:07:37.853-07:00A Year Of Covid Pandemic<p>What is time? It could be gone so quickly or so slowly without our awareness. When did my baby niece and nephew grow so big ? When did their own babies also grow so big? When was the last time I felt this pain? it seems that was just yesterday..... Anthony Bourdain went back to the same place where his heart was broken. He said that I just want to know if it still feels so much hurt. For someone I do not even know, I feel for him and miss him. The past fifteen months offered me neither traveling nor wondering around. A few things to remember this past year.</p><p>I had no idea that a little fall from my bicycle ended up with a fractured wrist. 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May human wise up and God have mercy on us while we move ahead.<br /> <br /><p><br /></p></div>ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-48176718121753610332020-04-11T13:40:00.000-07:002020-06-19T04:57:56.972-07:00The Lesson of LostNow that I have time in hand at home, I thought I will translate Elizabeth Bishop's One Art to Chinese just for fun. Too bad I can't make it rhyme.<br />
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弄通"失去"的藝術並不難<br />
許多的失去都沒什広大不了<br />
每日都會丟了些東西<br />
一會兒掉了門匙.一會兒浪費了一鈡點<br />
有什麼大不了<br />
弄通"失去"的藝術並不難<br />
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再練習失去更多更遠吧<br />
什麼地方?什麼名字?那裡曾想去過<br />
這些失去都沒什麼大不了<br />
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我曾失去我媽媽的手錶<br />
再看看,我失去過曾鐘爱的二楝房子</div>
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弄通"失去"的藝術並不難</div>
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我失去了二座可愛的城<br />
失去了讓我覺得曾擁有的兩條大河,一大陸洲<br />
我想念他們<br />
可是這也沒什麼大不了<br />
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甚至於失去你(那開心的聲音,<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">柔情</span>的動作)<br />
我用不着説假話<br />
弄通"失去"的藝術並不難<br />
雖然看起來⋯<br />
承認吧!像是個大災難</div>
ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-25538981138825912222020-04-11T12:41:00.001-07:002020-06-19T05:00:47.034-07:00First Quarter of 2020The first quarter of 2020 turned out to be quite a roller coaster quarter. In early January, I flew to Houston to celebrate Lily's big birthday, also to visit some other friends including Terry, (and her husband Simon) Becky, Clara, Helen, her Mom, and Eileen. Unfortunately I only have pictures from some of the gatherings.<br />
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The next day I returned from Houston, I closed my Columbia TH. From Oct to Dec. 2019, I have had a lot of wishful thinking, discussion with my brothers, and various estimation done on renovation, then finally decided to sell my Columbia TH. So luckily it was sold right away. At the time I did not know the world will soon be twisted upside down by coronavirus. What a luck!<br />
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We also did a bit sight seeing:<br />
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Then I was hit by the news of Kang's passing away. She was a dear high school classmate. A wonderful human being, and a well loved and respected professor (as well as the Dean of the School of Engineering at University of FuRen).<br />
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What a beautiful soul! What a loss!<br />
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In early March, The threat of Coronavirus is growing higher. I started to make preparations to stock up food and supplies . One day I went shopping with Lyny and Paul. We laughed to each other while Paul was pushing the cart in Wegman. We were still quite light hearted.<br />
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Now we are in the second quarter of 2020. US death toll has climbed to 20,110, and as many as 2000 people die every day. We pray that the effort to flatten the curve will work, and we pray that the death toll will decline. Life has changed!<br />
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-57935707826600793652020-04-11T10:59:00.002-07:002020-06-19T05:01:32.340-07:0069At this age, I felt that I have found my peace. Right now it seems to die is gain and to live is ................<br />
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In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, I have been enjoying on-line many operas from the Met, and some delightful shows from the BroadwayHD. Plus some reading, surfing on the Internet, playing Bridge and climbing stairs, there just does not seem enough time in a day.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Manon loved the songs</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">L'Elisir D'Amore loved the stage and costume design - like country paintings</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: 14px;">3/26/20 Die Walkure - Wagner's ring cycle section 2 ----Amazing, learned a bit about brass</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">3/22/20 Aida</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">3/23/20 Tristan und Isolde - nice music and singing, quite long. Set and costume design were contemporary and grey</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">3/28 /20 Gotterdammereung</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">3/29/20 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg --- delightful comedy by Wagner. Love the character of Cobbler Sach</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">3/30/20 Tannhauser</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">3/30/20 Dialogues des Camelites</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">4/2/20 Don Carlos</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">4/3/20 Les Pecheurs de Perles (The pearl fishers) by George Biset, the French composer who's last composition was Carmen before he dies at 36. Beautiful songs of a story set in the fishing village in Srilenka</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">4/5/20 Macbeth by Verdi</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">4/6/20 Norma by Bellini, whose music is tender andfragil according to the singer Juice. Also a sense of purity according to the meystral</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">4/7/20 La Fanciulla (girl) of the Golden West by Puccini - delightful plot and beautiful songs</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">4/8/20 Falstaff by Verdi: Merry wives of Windsor. A nice comedy that one can laugh out loud</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">4/9/20 Parsifal by Wagner's </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">3/24/20 Am American in Paris - enjoyable!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">3/29/20 Les </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Miserale</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">4/1/20 Salome, written by Oscar Wild about the woman who danced for the head of John. Quite some psychoanalysis. Played by Al Pochico</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">4/2/20 </span>Phantom<span style="font-size: 14px;"> of the Opera 25 years - Very elaborate costume and stage setting. The actress is so beautiful and expressive. Cried!</span></span></div>
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-72686055968412771192020-04-10T06:00:00.000-07:002020-05-27T17:23:14.631-07:00Tour of Scotland, England, and Wales in 2019Ed and I embarked on an one month (Sep 2 - Oct 4) tour of the Great Britain. We flew into Glasgow, picked up a rental car, drove (Ed the driver) to Oban first. Using Oban as a base, we explored the surrounding area mostly via hiking. Then we moved to Isle of Skye and did some island hopping. The weather in Scotland and Isle of Skye are very similar to Ireland: "Scattered shower with occasional sun"<br />
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A nice young couple we met on the trail (Billy and his wife), and we shared a delicious fresh sea food lunch together after the hike.<br />
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The field was covered with beautiful heather blooms:<br />
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Hiking in the rain and visited a garden full of unique rhododendrons<br />
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I found a monks dwelling:<br />
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Scenery of Isle of Skye:<br />
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We took a train from Glasgow to Stratford-upon-Avon, and joined Ed's Cascadian friends for the planned hiking and biking tour of Cotswolds.<br />
Strtford-upon-Avon, where you can see a memorial for William Shakespeare.<br />
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Broadway Tower:</div>
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We got to pick wild blackberries along some trails: They were delicious!</div>
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Karen and Donna suited up in the morning to ride in the rain:<br />
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While I just stayed and wondered around town:<br />
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Visited a bird farm:<br />
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Bourton-on-the-water:<br />
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Alan our van driver:<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Wales</span></i></b></div>
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Ed and I said good-bye to the Cascadian friends, and headed out to Wales. Our hiking tour continued. The weather of all the days except the last day was cloudy or rainy. I found the folks in Wales are more villagers. They are more reserved and seem not to go out much to support local restaurants. As a matter of fact, Ed and I had some hard time finding restaurants to dine in a few places we stayed. But most of the time we hikes and especially enjoyed the trail along the coast.</div>
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A picture of one of the little village:<br />
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I am so glad to have taken this tour with Ed, and was reaffirmed that I am blessed by having a brother with such a kind and generous heart. It made me happy to see him being friendly, kind, and generous to the people we ran into on this tour: Billy and his wife, the Air B&B owners, the people who served us in the restaurants, and to his Cascadian friends. Hence it was indeed my pleasure to treat him with a nice sea food dinner and tiramisu for dessert before we head back separately to US.</div>
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ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-44976342610162760942020-04-08T19:31:00.000-07:002020-04-29T05:22:17.747-07:00My Brother DeanWe think of Dean a lot these days in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis. We siblings all have underline health issues and Dean's situation is especially challenging. Throughout our lives, we siblings do not know how to express our feelings or affections. We were taught to be disciplined, responsible, proper, study hard, pass all the entrance exams......., but not on how to be affectionate, how to love and be loved, or how to be happy when we grew up. We had to struggle to learn about ourselves and others, to learn about the meaning of love, and to learn how to be happy. We have been very lucky the way we turned out. We care deeply about each other, and we all know about that fact. Yet we need to learn how to say I love you.<br />
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Dean came to visit in 2016, and we took a trip to Annapolis together. He can always find a good deal, and we end up in this wonderful breakfast place. The food was delicious and the price was wonderfully cheap.<br />
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-61761552294710858862020-04-08T18:03:00.000-07:002020-05-22T03:53:18.539-07:00Tour of Peru in 2019I spent about one month with Hope in Peru from Oct 12 to Nov 13. We toured Cusco, Machu Pichu, Lake Titikaka, Lima, Huangcayo, and Huaraz. We entered and exited Peru via Lima, and hence stayed twice in Lima for a total of 7 nights. The self guided itinerary plus some locally guided tours gave us in depth experience of this interesting country. We loved to talk to the locals, be that the taxi driver, tour guides, restaurant servers, hotel clerks, shop owners, massage parlor ladies, air B&B owners, train conductor......Using our combined Spanish language skills, and of course often in English, we seemed to be able to connect with many of the friendly Peruvians. It was indeed a rewarding adventure to be savored in my old age.<br />
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The peacock who lived under our rooftop room in Lima. That hotel which was so cheap, so close to the square (where we took the train to Huangcayo), and gave us so much unexpected pleasant surprise of creatures who lived on the rooftop terrace where we partook our breakfast.<br />
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The turtles live on the Terrence:</div>
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The window of our rooftop hotel room in Lima, which overlook the cathedral next door:<br />
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The square near our hotel:</div>
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When in Lima, we met the taxi driver Mateo, who drove us to the beach front, and toured Chorrillos, Barranco, and a nice beach front restaurant for ceviche.</div>
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Mateo, now a Facebook friend of mine:</div>
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The statue "kiss" in Chorrillos:</div>
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The beach front, and the ceviche restaurant:</div>
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Barranco which is a trendy suburb of Lima:</div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Huaraz</span></i></b></div>
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We took a bus from Lima to Huaraz. We passed a dessert along the pacific ocean toward north</div>
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Also we passed the striking columns:<br />
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When in Haraz, we did horse back riding, hiking by a mountain lake, massage, shopping, and visited this cafe we really enjoyed on the second floor overlooking a square.</div>
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The cafe we loved:</div>
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The cafe overlooked a nice square, where we saw a number of parades.<br />
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We had lots of mango smoothies<br />
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The street down below our hotel room. These are the locals apparently are the huge consumers of many cheap products imported from China.<br />
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This woman cooked the guinea pig for our lunch by the road side near the mountain lake.<br />
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We had a lovely hike on a trail along the lake:<br />
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The horse back ride was a tough 4 hours in a cloudy day.</div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lake Titikaka</span></b></i></div>
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The train ride from Cusco to Puno (Lake Titikaka) was most delightful:<br />
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The scenery we saw along the train ride:</div>
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We stayed on a floating island on Lake Titikaka:<br />
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Floating on the lake in a reed boat:<br />
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The pretty duck outside our room:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> Cusco and Machu Pichu</i></b></span></div>
The original plan was that both Hope and I will hike the 4 days Machu Pichu trail together. But I was not breathing well after the first day's hike. So I bailed out and went down to Ollantaytambo for two nights and took the train to MachuPichu to meet up with her and the rest of the group. While in Ollantaytombo, I did some hike to see the ruin of an ancient wall.<br />
On the first day of hike, I did get to see "the little Machu Pichu" down in the valley:<br />
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The ancient "Wall" on top of the hill:<br />
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overlooking the valley below:<br />
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Eventually we met up at Machu Pichu. Quite a credit due to Hope for her persistent and completion of the whole hike!<br />
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The Urabamba river below Machu Pichu. The train track was built along the river.<br />
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Earlier on, while in Cusco getting acclimated with the high altitude, we visited a number of places with local guides, including horse back riding, Maray, Maras and salt mine, Humantay Mountain hike, and Rainbow mountain hike. The Tipon water irrigation system was a bonus recommended by some travelers we met in the hotel.<br />
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We also enjoyed in Cusco the Inka massage a lot, especially after a horse back ride, or a hike, or a trip to a farm of alpacas. The hotel we stayed was a nice colonial style one with a beautiful court yard:<br />
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It was unfortunately that the day we were scheduled to hike on the Rainbow Mountain turned out to be of very bad weather. It was so heard to climb (16,000 ft). Both Hope and I ended up with riding the horse up. We only saw snow covered mountain, and with that a very faint tint of green!<br />
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The Humantay Mountain Hike, where one can see the impressive ancient agricultural experimentation station.<br />
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The train ride to Huancayo was not most pleasant as it was an old and slow train. The scenery along the way was not too exciting either. But I got to see that the mineral mining is indeed the first and most important industry in Peru. There are a lot of heavy machine mining on the hills, and some hills are colored although not like rainbows. A more unique visit was the "towers" near the city:</div>
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-57589287642180048032020-01-12T11:58:00.001-08:002020-01-12T11:58:54.193-08:00A mile stone birthday celebrationMeghan turned 18 in December 2019. We had a gathering to celebrate the occasion. It was a blessing that all felt relaxed and enjoyed the meal. The good wills and best wishes were being sent from the older generations to the younger generations. We need to be thankful for the blessings in our lives.<br />
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-61881361559206920332019-08-14T18:12:00.000-07:002019-08-26T14:15:23.495-07:00Hudson River Valley VisitMolly and Tyler invited me and Hope to Poughkeepsie for a visit. We took a train which rode along the Hudson River and arrived the station, which is only about 5 minutes away from their home.<br />
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Hudson Walkway:<br />
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We walked across the Walkway, and rode the elevator up and down the Walkway:</div>
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Views of the Hudson River:</div>
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The Saugerties Lighthouse:</div>
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On the ground of the Vanderbilt Mansion:</div>
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Home of Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor's Cottage:</div>
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Inside Tyler's St Paul Episcopal Church:</div>
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Visited the Vassar College, which was a pleasant surprise! I tried to picture when Elizabeth Bishop was once a student here, and spent time in its gorgeous library.</div>
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ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-15081724327589171262019-08-14T16:52:00.001-07:002020-04-08T19:09:07.876-07:00Family Reunion We finally managed to have our reunion in the upper peninsula for a precious week. with three generations and everyone's busy schedule, it was quite hard to actually get many, even though not all, of us together. It was nice and cool up there. We stayed near the lake, visited Pocono Island, biked and hiked some. Eat and laughed a lot. Great times!!<br />
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The four siblings of the first generation.<br />
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-22895285096065088642019-07-08T16:08:00.000-07:002019-12-18T05:41:40.265-08:00Milan, Genoa, and Lake ComoI flew from Shannon, Ireland to Milan after my tour in Ireland. KC joined me before our tour of Northern Italy to be started in another week. We walked extensively in Milan and visited a number of museums. And we took a train to Genoa to spend 2 nights there before returning to Milan. While in Milan, we took an excursion to Lake Como (visited Como, Bellegio, and the west side of Lake Como). Genoa was known as the city of palaces and also the birth place of Christopher Columbus. One can see much of the evidence of how rich once Genoa was in the 15-16 centuries<br />
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At the peak of almost 10,000 ft, with the snow capped Alpine in the backdrop:<br />
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With Dolomite behind us:<br />
The first row, Audrey, Christina, Matteo, second row: Robin, Elizabeth, Jane, KC, Marcia, Marge, third row: Rob, Joan, Rudy, Caroline, and Jennifer<br />
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Another view at the Dolomite, with Ladin Valley behind us:<br />
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I learned quite a bit of the Ireland history and felt very sorry for this nation. They had suffered so much from the invaders, and they took pride in many of their heroes who became famous after immigrated to countries like US, Canada, Australia, etc. The great potato famine<br />
led to the local rich land owners drove people off the island to avoid heavy taxation from England. I felt a sense of melancholy during the tour perhaps partly because of the not so sunny weather. <br />
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While I enjoyed the Irish jokes, I cannot help thinking these people seem to have adopted an attitude of how can you take life so seriously anyway?! The music also carries a sad tune.<br />
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-46385457186811502362019-05-14T05:25:00.000-07:002019-05-14T05:25:17.740-07:00I am thankful for my familyI received flowers and a card on Mother's Day from my niece's family! A very nice gesture from them indeed. I always consider the families of my brothers my own family, and I am grateful for them in my life. May they all be under the love and guidance of our Lord.<br />
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-18862889257326203712019-04-28T05:44:00.002-07:002019-04-30T08:27:40.121-07:00Gathering with families and friends are always funOn Easter Sunday, Steven and Elizabeth hosted a party in celebration of David's first communion. The weather was glorious! The gathering was delicious and joyful. And we remember all the people we love.<br />
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Matthew is taller than me, and David is catching up so fast!<br />
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So handsome!!<br />
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On the deck,<br />
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The following morning, the East Coast friends of Shu Road from 2017 gathered for a Chinese meal, and enjoyed the lovely dessert prepared by Ginny.<br />
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In the dining room of Ginny and Phil:<br />
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-22953314738902996432019-04-19T05:52:00.000-07:002019-05-01T06:22:37.096-07:00Shu Road and HuaShanI went back to Shu Road again as a member of the group led by Hope. Prior to the group tour, Steve, Hope and I took a cooking lesson in ChengDu. After the group's tour, Hope and I took a train from ChengDu to HuaShan for another hike.<br />
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<b>The cooking class:</b><br />
The front door to the Chili Cool Cooking Class:Chef Chen is in the middle. Winter is to the far left:<br />
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We usually go to the wet market to get fresh ingredients, cook, then enjoy the dishes. It was a lot of fun.<br />
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The above was a freshly killed rabbit.<br />
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Traditional market always has "other" business like cloth repair or alteration...real estate for sale....<br />
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Examples of some finished dishes:<br />
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Goofed around. We each got a chef's outfit:<br />
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<b>Shu Road:</b><br />
The rape seed flowers this year was even more full than last year!<br />
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I wish long, long, long live the cypress trees:<br />
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Three tree climbing senior citizens:<br />
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The little cypress tree planted by us. I wish it grow big, stronger, and live for a long, long, long time!<br />
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A friendship originated from walking the Shu Road:<br />
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My best wishes to all the people I have loved in my short existence in this universe.<br />
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<b>HuaShan:</b><br />
We had a wonderful time hiking in HuaShan. A few pictures are shown in the following link:<br />
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It was a real pretty old rail trail. One can also see some natural green granite. American soldiers tried twice and failed twice to find this tunnel, as they wanted to destroy the communication channel between Nazi Germany and Mussolini Italy. All 15 soldiers were captured and executed by Nazi. After walking through the tunnel, one can easily understand how difficult it was back then to find it.<br />
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Hope on her bike:<br />
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We saw a lovely sunset in Framura:<br />
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As well as in Bonassola:<br />
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A walk from Bonassola to Punta Levato was cut short due to trail closure:<br />
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A walk from Bonassola to Framura went okay. The trail was not great, but still has some good scenery:<br />
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I would not mind a bit to have more good hikes though.ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-28494710010632462232019-04-18T17:43:00.001-07:002020-04-29T05:22:39.018-07:00Porto VenereIn order to get to Porto Venere, we had to take a train to La Spezia, then change to a local bus. That was what we did. It took us a while to find where to take the bus, but we managed!<br />
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Walking in La Spezia to get to the bus:<br />
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Then we arrived the destination via this bus:<br />
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Due to the off season and on a weekday, there was hardly any tourist except us. We enjoyed the quietness very much!<br />
The waterfront:<br />
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Beautiful snow capped mountain in the distance:<br />
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We would later walk up to the church and the castle:<br />
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A pretty cat in the sun!<br />
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Toward the church:<br />
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The poet Lord Byron used to love to swim here!<br />
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Loved it's tail!<br />
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An artist's view of "Mother Nature"<br />
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Church of San Lorenzo<br />
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I bought pesto and wild boar sausage from her.<br />
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We had lunch at this water front restaurant with beautiful setting and delicious food:<br />
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What a delightful day with such beautiful backdrop.<br />
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-16295887000869658332019-04-18T16:19:00.000-07:002019-04-19T06:27:41.003-07:00Monterosso, Cinque TerreWe decided that we want to go back to Monterosso and check out the town more, as we did not get a chance to do so after the long hike. It then turned out to be a shopping excursion with each of us getting some small stuff.<br />
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While having dinner at a local pub in Bonassola, the lady bar tender recommended us to visit Porto Venere. So it was decided that would be our next excursion.ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-30614865543490898782019-04-18T16:05:00.001-07:002019-04-19T06:29:35.021-07:00RiomaggioreRiomaggiore is the south gate of Cinque Terre. Most people start their tour from here. But I believe that it would be much better to start the tour from the north like we did. This is a village right by the sea instead of up on a cliff. So it probably was more vulnerable to pirate attack in the past. We had a bit hard time finding the route from the street on top to the water front down below. But that probably only give the villagers a bit lead time to escape if and when there is an attack.<br />
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Human beings probably is a nuisance to them!<br />
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-3416489585730693242019-04-18T15:47:00.001-07:002019-04-19T06:31:09.478-07:00Manarola, Cinque TerreManarola is one of my favorite! And our having a nice lunch in a three star Michelin restaurant probably enhanced the whole experience.<br />
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Upon first arrival at the train station, the village seemed to be hiding behind a huge rock.<br />
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We walked through a tunnel to reach the other side:<br />
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Then everything unfolded with a lot to be explored:<br />
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Weiling went all the way down to be close to the water and a cave:<br />
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Hiking upward, one gets to see the colorful buildings in different shapes:</div>
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A cemetery along with light wired figures on the hillside:<br />
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A cemetery by the waterfront:<br />
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The restaurant where we had lunch:<br />
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But the lovely trails were closed!<br />
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I only got to see the path leading to the closed trails. A disappointment indeed!<br />
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We said good-bye to Manarola and headed back home.<br />
<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-42950905321111416472019-04-18T14:52:00.000-07:002019-04-19T06:34:06.992-07:00From Vernazza to CornigliaWe became pretty good with the routine. Got up, had breakfast, headed out to walk from Bonassola to Levano, calculated enough lead time just so we would catch the scheduled train to head out to the village we planned to visit for the day. And this morning it was Vernazza. Boy, it was a SMALL village all right. Narrow streets and most restaurants closed for the season.<br />
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The train station of Vernazzo:<br />
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Narrow streets and the waterfront:<br />
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The three of us had lunch at the only sandwich place that was open. Weiling decided not to join us for the hike from Vernazza, and headed back home. Hope and I ventured out to hike toward Corniglia:<br />
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One can have a better view of Venerzza from the trail above:<br />
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It was a beautiful day:<br />
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The trail was quiet and pretty:<br />
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Along the way, a sign tells you where you are located in case of emergency:<br />
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We can see Corniglia sitting on top of the cliff from the trail:<br />
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Truly enjoyable, and not rugged at all:<br />
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Getting closer:<br />
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There are some other very small villages on the slope or the top of other hills<br />
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People in the old days simply had to walk these trails to get to the other villages:<br />
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We arrived:<br />
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Of course, narrow, but colorful streets:<br />
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We stopped at the cafe to have a bit Cinque Terre wine and lemon cake!<br />
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And we walked about in town a bit, even went all the way down to a waterfront (but turned out not the train station)<br />
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This is the way down to the station (382 steps)<br />
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And the train came on time to take us home. I started to really like these trains! </div>
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<br />ChristinaHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574931681844947811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711203361543822197.post-8921541427400470242019-04-18T13:33:00.003-07:002019-04-18T13:46:51.962-07:00Cinque Terre - Bonassola and LevantoI have wanted to visit Cinque Terre for a long time, and finally we spent 7 nights in the region. We stayed on the north side, a town called Bonnassola, of the five villages, and used the train to travel from village to village.<br />
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The train ride from Selerno to La Spezia turned out to be exciting, as Weiling and I missed the train when we got off to buy bottled water from a machine. The train only stayed for one minute and left without us. Well, live and learn. Hope had the good sense to just wait for us, with all our luggage plus her own luggage, in the station of La Spezia. She took a picture of us when she saw us heading toward her after getting off a later train we got on.<br />
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Bonassola is a nice little town by the water.<br />
Our home away from home in Bonassola, which is a short walk from the train station, and close to the "downtown" and the water front:<br />
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We did not spend too much time explore the town, but it has some interesting sights:</div>
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, like a church and a waterfall in the distance, a nice beach and a fort:</div>
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Our home away from home is tugged away behind and narrow alley:<br />
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Part of the fort:<br />
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A quiet beach:<br />
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The old railway tunnel, now a walking/biking path heading south toward Levanto. We walked through this tunnel quite a number of times. It is about 20-30 minutes walk to Levanto. The scenery along the walk was gorgeous!</div>
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<b>Levanto:</b><br />
Levanto is a town to the north of the northern est town of the official Five Villiages of Cinque Terre. But the unlimited Cinque Terre train ride ticket allows you to ride to Levanto for free. So a lot of times we walked from Bonassola to Levanto via the tunnel and to catch the train in Levanto.<br />
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When we came out of the tunnel, we walked along the promenade, and saw bikers, swimmers, and surfers!<br />
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One morning we also went to check out the local flea market just like the locals. Each of us bought some scarf and socks.<br />
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The most memorable was our hike from Levanto to Monterosso, on A DAY THAT RAINED!<br />
The day did not start raining, we walked along the promenade, and checked out the church and castle while it was only cloudy.<br />
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The inside of the church was simple and quiet, the kind I like!<br />
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We passed this castle, which was closed.<br />
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The we saw this sign and thought the hike would be a piece of cake. Only 2.5 hours to Monterosso. I think in the end it probably took us 4-5 hours!<br />
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At first everyone was smiling:<br />
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The trail looks easy too:<br />
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Then we had to take out our rain gears, and the trail becomes rugged.<br />
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Finally we could see Monterosso in the distance:<br />
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Going downhill now, not too far now, let put more gas on the peddle!<br />
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The flower of friendship was pretty and in full bloom!<br />
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We reached Monterosso! But all restaurants were closed (off season), so we just had some beverage and pastry in a local pub, with a few male locals staring at us.<br />
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I had to say I enjoyed the hike! The rain did not really bother me that much. I am pretty thankful!!<br />
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