The apartment we stayed in is in the midst of these buildings!
(We took a walk through the terraced farming to look back on the town.)
I meeeaaannn...
Stunningly majestic:
Manarolaaaaa!
Monday, September 14, 2015
Manarola - Cinque Terre
Back to Manarola -- the town that we stayed in -- for my last post about our time in Cinque Terre this past June. I love Cinque Terre; I think it is a magical place. I especially love Manarola -- one of the five towns.
Riomaggiore - Cinque Terre
Each town has its own feel and they are only apart from one another by 3 or 4 minutes by train!
Below are pictures taken in Riomaggiore. From our beach time in Monterosso, we took a boat all the way to the other end of the five towns -- to Riomaggiore. We took a little walk and picked up lunch to eat in the main square.
Below are pictures taken in Riomaggiore. From our beach time in Monterosso, we took a boat all the way to the other end of the five towns -- to Riomaggiore. We took a little walk and picked up lunch to eat in the main square.
Le sorelle:
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Monterosso - Cinque Terre
We spent the morning of our second full day in Cinque Terre at Monterosso. This is the town with two sandy beaches. Our first day had been cloudy with a chance of rain but our second day was absolutely gorgeous! We enjoyed some beach time.
Vernazza - Cinque Terre
Mom, Aunt Gail, and I went to Vernazza our fist full day in Cinque Terre. I really like Vernazza a lot -- well, I like all 5 of the towns that make up "Cinque Terre"!
The picture above was taken the next day, when we took a boat ride from Monterosso to the furthest town, Riomaggiore. It is amazing how the towns are built into the cliff-sides! And the terraced farming reminds me of being in SaPa, Vietnam. : )
We took a walk through (and UP!) narrow alleyways.
We stopped partway up to have a coffee snack...
...and this was our view!
A view from the other side of town:
(we had our snack straight across on the left side of this picture!)
A view of Vernazza from the sea!
The picture above was taken the next day, when we took a boat ride from Monterosso to the furthest town, Riomaggiore. It is amazing how the towns are built into the cliff-sides! And the terraced farming reminds me of being in SaPa, Vietnam. : )
Mom, Aunt Gail, and I
We had a lot of fun and many laughs!
Mom with her favorite -- brioche con crema!
Mmmhmmm, ready for dinner at Trattoria dal Billy
Le sorelle : )
Gorgeous ladies. Gorgeous backdrop.
Le sorelle swimming in the Ligurian Sea:
Mom and Aunt Gail IN ITALY!
Well, it's about time I begin posting about the beginning of my summer vacation! Yikes. How is it already mid-September?!
My mom and her sister, my Aunt Gail, came to visit at the very end of the school year. We had a GREAT time together! I enjoyed calling the two of them le sorelle throughout our travels -- meaning, the sisters. :P
We had some time in Milan and they went to Lake Como one day (Varenna and Bellagio). Once I finished up the school year, we then had a lovely travel through Italy to: Cinque Terre, Florence, a day-tour to Siena, San Gimignano, and Pisa, as well as a couple nights in Venice.
I'm going to attempt to get caught up this week... so, let's begin with our time in magical CINQUE TERRE!!
We stayed in Manarola. I love, love, love the apartment we had. It is two floors, has two balconies, a sea view, and two bedrooms/bathrooms. It is a quite a hike to get up to the apartment... but worth it. : ) The views are absolutely incredible:
My mom and her sister, my Aunt Gail, came to visit at the very end of the school year. We had a GREAT time together! I enjoyed calling the two of them le sorelle throughout our travels -- meaning, the sisters. :P
We had some time in Milan and they went to Lake Como one day (Varenna and Bellagio). Once I finished up the school year, we then had a lovely travel through Italy to: Cinque Terre, Florence, a day-tour to Siena, San Gimignano, and Pisa, as well as a couple nights in Venice.
I'm going to attempt to get caught up this week... so, let's begin with our time in magical CINQUE TERRE!!
We stayed in Manarola. I love, love, love the apartment we had. It is two floors, has two balconies, a sea view, and two bedrooms/bathrooms. It is a quite a hike to get up to the apartment... but worth it. : ) The views are absolutely incredible:
The view from one of our balconies!
Straight across the narrow street from our front door:
The view while walking down to the main part of town:
Sunset view from the balcony:
Little evening walk gorgeousness:
Saturday, September 5, 2015
So many books, so little time. Frank Zappa
I have started my 7th year of teaching! Just finished the first full week back with kids. It's great to have the students back. The past week was a good one... but exhausting! It feels as if I'm more like 3 weeks into the new school year.
Last year, I developed a digital literacy course, which I taught to the 10th graders. This year, there are 5 teachers for digital literacy, all teaching my ideas and lessons. It's daunting and interesting to figure out the best (and smoothest) way to make this work. All-in-all, I want the students to learn skills that will help them in their other classes, throughout university, and in the real world.
Recently, I read a book about the flipped classroom, a rather new concept in the field of education. Reading the book made me excited and energized to try pieces of this strategy. I'm not fully flipping the classroom with this digital literacy course but I do want to use videos for some core lessons. This way, I can teach what I specialize in and the other teachers can share the video with their students.
Anyway, below is a video that the film teacher helped me create. I had a vision and tried to explain it to him in words. HE GOT IT! I love the outcome. He completely "got" my vision.
My plan is to use this quick video as the opening to each of my video lessons...
Note: the book I read is, Flip Your Classroom: Read Every Student in Every Class Every Day, by Aaron Sams and Jonathan Bergmann. (For my Colorado friends, these two authors met and taught together in Woodland Park, Colorado!)
Last year, I developed a digital literacy course, which I taught to the 10th graders. This year, there are 5 teachers for digital literacy, all teaching my ideas and lessons. It's daunting and interesting to figure out the best (and smoothest) way to make this work. All-in-all, I want the students to learn skills that will help them in their other classes, throughout university, and in the real world.
Recently, I read a book about the flipped classroom, a rather new concept in the field of education. Reading the book made me excited and energized to try pieces of this strategy. I'm not fully flipping the classroom with this digital literacy course but I do want to use videos for some core lessons. This way, I can teach what I specialize in and the other teachers can share the video with their students.
Anyway, below is a video that the film teacher helped me create. I had a vision and tried to explain it to him in words. HE GOT IT! I love the outcome. He completely "got" my vision.
My plan is to use this quick video as the opening to each of my video lessons...
Note: the book I read is, Flip Your Classroom: Read Every Student in Every Class Every Day, by Aaron Sams and Jonathan Bergmann. (For my Colorado friends, these two authors met and taught together in Woodland Park, Colorado!)
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