Richard And Jo Demeester's photos

We had some time to kill waiting for some friends, so chose a random nearby town. Treglio, as it turns out, has a lovely little bar on a delightful little piazza.

A small lake, high in the national park, The only patch where light penetrated the dark and shadowed forest.

So, it seems that Abruzzo does not hold a monopoly on trabocchi. This one is on Punta Paglianza, not far from Vieste.

On the shore, with the town of Barrea on the other side. Very pretty at night, too.

Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Annunziata, on the shores of Lago di Scanno, ensuring that large vehicles have to go around the long way. I'm sure when it was built, the size of the opening over the road might not have been thought of as restrictive to traffic.

In Chiesa di Santa Maria della Valle, Scanno. This delightful animatronics creation was full of characters going about all sorts of life, with figures everywhere moving to fulfil their tasks.

It's neither a particularly long nor strenuous walk to this viewpoint, but we were amazed how many people didn't seem to make it. The number of people on the trail made us ready for a small crowd to be here. In contrast, we had it to ourselves from the time we arrived until we left, 20 minutes later. The changing light, predominantly caused by numerous clouds casting shadows on one part of the lake at a time made it hard to get a nice, even photo.

Sean and Sue, congratulations.

Wedding ceremony at the castle of Roccascalegna.

This is looking up from the street side. The main view is out the other side, but the terrace is nicely tucked away up there.