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Courmayeur & Mt. Blanc / Other Valle d'Aosta / Barbaresco Area / Milan / Rome |
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Italian Royalty's former summer castle, at Gressoney St-Jean, where we had a chamber music concert. |
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View from the castle. |
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Erica & Esther on the perilous hike up to Mt. Chetif. Notice the rickety wooden bridge. |
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Me on the way to Mt Chetif. In places where the trail was dangerously steep, metal chains were built into the stone. |
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Mt Chetif, 2343m. Took 4 hours to ascend, 2 hours to descend. |
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Group picture at the Parco Nazionale de Grand Paradisio. Many of us look very tired because this was the last day of the festival. |
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"Big Paradise" National Park |
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Little girls on the swing in Grand Paradisio |
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That water was COLD! Melting snow.. |
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Waterfall in Grand Paradisio. Not very big by late July, but still beautiful, stong, and cold. |
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Roman Theatre in Aosta. We had two windy outdoor concerts here. |
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Mendelssohn trio rehearsing. |
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Schumann quartet in the concert. |
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Boy with dog in the pedestrian streets of downtown Aosta. |
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Mekui on the bus. "Can everybody see their roomate?" |
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Isaac Belfer talking. |
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Katherine kissing Pinocchio. Finally found him after all those road signs! ;) |
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Joann's pigtails. |
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Post-concert party. |
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Schumann quartet on the way to the bar. |
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At the sports bar. |
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One of the many tunnels in the Autostrada. Some were more than 2 km long. |
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On the Bus. Notice Drew lying on the floor. |
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Druford and Teddi-o. |
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Courmayeur & Mt. Blanc / Other Valle d'Aosta / Barbaresco Area / Milan / Rome |
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