We were given an assignment by the president of the mission to go see some missionaries outside of our zone as they hadn't had apartment inspections for almost a year. The senior couple that normally does these went home and it hasn't been done since so we got to travel about 400 km. to see these great missionaries. Our car was loaded to the brim with new mattresses, dressers, fire extinguishers, office chairs--all from Chris's favorite --IKEA. We finished up all in one day but by the time we were done it was too late to come home, so we stayed overnight in Crotone.
This morning we didn't have appointments until we had to be at church to watch conference at 6:00 so we explored a little. Crotone is a coastal city so we headed to the sea. Along the way we saw these beautiful wisteria. I had never seen these before and thought they were lilacs until we got up close. Georgeous!
Every place in Italy along the coast has their castles and this is Crotone's. Castello di Carlo V.
Added this picture for you, Liz--Rotary is everywhere! this was in Crotone Vecchio (old Crotone) which we walked around and saw people's home which are right in the wall of the castle. If you look at the picture above you will see windows on the left wall of the castle. Yup--those are people's homes.
When we were looking out to sea, Chris got a little sad about the fact that we will be going home soon. He loves the sea, so I had to take this picture of him.
One of the nicer homes along our walk in old Crotone.
I wonder how old this rubber tree is??
By the sea. Huge sandy beach here!
We found this cute named street as we walked..it can barely fit a person down it!
Returning home....the following pictures were taken in a moving car, so please excuse the blurriness..
Took the above picture for my neice, Melissa--there's a town in Italy named after you!
Everywhere we go in Southern Italy there are row upon row of grapevines..
and olive trees. Not to mention, lemon trees, orange trees, apple trees, etc., etc...
There are also multiple abandoned buildings that were begun but were never completed. I was trying to find out about this on the internet and found a women who had photographed multiple sights like these. this was her comment about it: " the buildings are physical symptoms of economic and political malady. ‘Incompletion is the most important architectural style in Italy and it’s key to interpreting the architecture of the public sector since WWII. It’s also an excellent metaphor for bad management of public affairs and embezzlement of public money.’ Amelie Labourdette.
Sadly, very true
Another city by the sea.
Random castle right next to the highway..
White city on a hill..not the best picture of it..
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