More Orvieto…the walls
The town of Orvieto is a fortress built on a hill, with walls all around it. Mike and I took a walk around part of it, and Mike agreed to be in the picture just to give you a sense of the scale.
There were these crazy blackbirds all over the place who lived in chinks in the walls.
There’s my cutie pie again!
As you can see, the countryside surrounding the town is just gorgeous. There are grape arbors, olive groves, and cypress trees everywhere. Not so many cypress in this shot, but all the land is very lush.
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8 opinions for More Orvieto…the walls
barbe
Jun 26, 2008 at 3:12 pm
wow, its SOOOOOOO beautiful!
Cyndi
Jun 26, 2008 at 4:05 pm
It really is, Barbe! Pictures don’t even begin to do it justice :-)
Shayla
Jun 30, 2008 at 9:03 am
What a beautiful place! The landscape shots, with all the different fields, look like a quilt.
Cyndi
Jun 30, 2008 at 9:11 am
Shayla, I was thinking that a patchwork type of quilt or collage might be just the ticket as a remembrance piece!
Thrifty Karen
Jul 2, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Absolutely gorgeous!!!!
Cyndi
Jul 3, 2008 at 9:05 am
Thank you Karen! It was really breath-taking in person :-)
Eileen
Jul 4, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Gorgeous photos!
Thanks to Mike for being such a good sport.
Cyndi
Jul 4, 2008 at 7:05 pm
He has been rewarded, believe me!
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