Now does the trip seem to get better as you go because you are seeing better things, because you have more to compare it to, or because you know you are getting nearer to the end? Whatever the reason it seems to have been continually getting better as I was in Lyon and now in Italy. I had a great time in Lyon visiting my friend and meeting all of his friends and just being able to relax for a few days. Now I am nearing the end of my first stop in Italy. I have been staying with relatives (ok, so the connection would actually take about a paragraph to explain with out confusing everyone so we'll just leave it at relatives) in Vistrorio which is near Torino.
I have been able to go hiking and sightseeing, eat all kinds of amazing food and try to learn Italian. Vistrorio is right in a glacial valley so there are an amazing number of beautiful views to take in. The only down side to that is the constant up and down with altitude and my ears still feel like they have cotton in them. On Saturday we had beautiful weather and got to see the Matterhorn while we were hiking and took a gondola part way up Chamois, one of the ski resorts in the area. Unfortunately today wasn't as nice and it rained and stormed for awhile but it was the first time that I had seen rain and heard thunder since I was back in Madison so it was actually very nice.
Tomorrow I will be leaving and heading East to Trentino to visit other relatives (more closely related but still, takes a while to describe) in a small town called Giustino. More fabulous updates as they come!
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