Monday, May 12, 2008

Gorizia and Pordenone

Okay, so we are going to take this slow. I am a picture freak and came back from Italy with way to many pictures. I have picked the best for the first two cities, Gorizia and Pordenone. So here is our first slide show for our Italy trip.
First I must explain the slides.(Scroll down to read about it...)



After the longest plane rides, train ride, and car ride of my life, we arrived in Gorizia. It is a beautiful, small city. But, before we got there we had to pick up the cute little car we had. It was a Fiat Panda. It was so small. We had a big fiasco getting the car. Once we finally got it, we couldn't figure out how to get it into reverse! It was a stick shift, but it would not move into reverse. We were in such a rush that I (Michelle) pushed it out of the parking stall so we could go. Then the next problem...how do your roll down the window to put the ticket in to get out the lot? We couldn't figure it out so we just opened the door and got out on the crazy Italian road. Later, we met up with the cute, cute Bressan Family. They helped us get our car in reverse and even fed us dinner. The were so nice to us and I was so grateful to see friendly faces.
The next day we went to Pordenone, another city where Clayton served. There were several sweet, sweet members who remembered him like Dennis and the DeMartines. Clayton baptized Dennis and Dennis could not stop telling me how much he loved Clayton. The DeMartines were like Clayton's Ma and Pa on the mission. They took us to their house and gave us good directions the next destination and Arancia Rossa, which is blood orange juice...awesome!
Hope you enjoy these pictures and look for the rest to come soon!

7 comments:

Sause said...

Gorgeous! Looks like so much fun!!

J McQuivey said...

That is so awsome. I look forward to going that far away in about 20 years. Sounds like you guys had a great time. See you soon.

Sally said...

So beautiful. I am excited to see more.

The Shumway Family said...

Cool pictures! I am so glad you guys got to go! I need to call you. THANKS for the earrings and ties. We seriously love them. Ethan is so excited about the ties!! I earrings are just beautiful. You are the best to think of us!

Jeff said...

That sounds so fun! I am teaching
3rd grade at Central Elementary in PG. I love it! I am pumped for the summer! What grade are you? Are you year round or traditional?
Beautiful Pictures!!

Newt said...

Oh man I'm so sorry!! I totally didn't get your comment till today. I'm so bummed. I had no idea you guys were here. Katie was actually here the exact same time as you guys. I hope you enjoyed your trip at least. I'm going to look at your photos right now. We were probably at the same places around the same time crazy huh!! I'm sad we didn't get the chance to meet up :(

Newt said...

Ha ha ha that's hilarious you guys got a panda. They are actually one of my favorite cars that I've seen here(next to my favorite pink smart car). they are so cute and little :).