Catching Up with Ed and Karen

Catching Up with Ed and Karen
We now live in California's Sonoma Valley, north of San Francisco Bay ...All around us are picturesque vineyards.
We've retired after serving United Methodist churches in Washington State, AND as Resident Minister for the inter-denominational Christian ministries in both the Yellowstone and Grand Canyon National Parks. [These vital ministries continue ...see http://www.acmnp.com/]

After living and traveling full-time in our 35-ft Motorhome RV for
seven years, we "hung up the keys" and settled into a cozy cottage in Sonoma , California. Here we are easy distance from our kids and grand-kids.

Check out our Blog Archive (below, right) about our various "where's" and "what's."

Thanks for visiting!

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

 Ed in Europe - Part 7



"Ah, La Bella Italia!"


The Bay of Naples w/ Mt. Vesuvius Beyond  (from our Bus Window, obviously!)

As the photo shows, we flew to Naples then a bus to Sorrento on the Italian "Almalfi Coast." We enjoyed several days in this gorgeous locale.


That evening, we all walked to a Gelateria (where they make and serve Gelato) in town and met MARIO. 

Mario has hand-made this wonderful "Italian Ice Cream" for years! He guided our teams thru our next Challenge: To figure out the recipe and then make/freeze our own Strawberry Gelato.




Mario in his kitchen.  Hans (w/ hat) & other Competitours folks behind him.


Needless to say, our gelato's, while not too bad, were not up to his quality. We learned that his own strawberry gelato has only three ingredients: fresh strawberries, sugar, and water/ice. The exact proportions? Ahh, he wouldn't say.... We really did enjoy him ...and his gelato!


That day & evening we enjoyed wandering abound Sorrento... a beautiful town.






And Italians are creative transporting their pets...


And again, we 'scored" when it came to the view from our hotel balcony!




...especially at sunset that night...



As I said before: "Ahh, la bella Italia...!"

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