Mary & Jim's trip to Italy, September, 2001
Hiking in woods above Bolzano, Italy
Bolzano (Bozen) is on the Italy - Austria border
The setting is Alpine, with the mountains capped in snow in the background
The farms are unusually clean and prosperous
A cable car takes you up and down the mountain above Bolzano
Vineyards are everywhere
Jim delivered four lectures in Castle Mareccio in Balzano
Mary took some vacation during those talks
The view out the castle window - tough competition for a speaker
The conference room, with some of the speakers and participants.
Outside the castle
Down in Florence, a few days later
In Piazza della Repubblica, Florence
Jim over the Arno, just west of the Ponte Vecchio