Cinque Terre

Austin here :) Yes we lag on blogging big time. Yes we re having a whirlwind amazing time. And yes, we are in Italy, sun scorched and happy, our bellies full of pasta and the views of Cinque terre surrounding us. Kindra is off in search of a local orange colored cocktail, and I am resting on a town bench in Manarola (one of the five towns, we are wild camping above another one called Vernazza.) Just hours ago we jumped thirty feet off rocks in a deep ocean pool (eight year old kids were doing it, so why not us?) Here in Cinque Terre we celebrate three years married. I can't believe one of those has been 90% spend on the road! What a crazy life we live. Our blog may be getting a revamp, as we switch from sharing every logistical detail of our trip to sharing learning expeirences and feelings.

Right now we are happy, relaxed by the ocean calm and slow Italian rhythm. We spent three weeks WWOOFing and exploring Switzerland with my mom (what a sport she is), but not a lot of time getting qt with each other of God. So our focus changes, as we slow down and seek the deeper things of life. Time to enjoy the evening and get off the Internet. Ciao!

PS check out our Picasa web album for more pics of our time in Italy =)

This is Kindra now! wow what an amazing time we had with Austin's mom, Vicki! I was surprised by how much I responded to having another girl on the trip with us....we seem to get a lot of boy time with people we meet on the road or hosts, most of the women we meet on the road tend to be busy tending to their kids or otherwise unavailable to have adventures and giggle time with. It was a terrific time in Switzerland, and our hosts Tobias and Olga couldn't have been more perfect for the season-we even learned a new awesome game, kubb! After wwoofing in Trubschachen, Switz, for 10 days, we went to a vrbo in Andermatt, where we hiked basically every day in the GORGEOUS alps, then took trains to our Lake Como apt where we had lake and mountain views. Niiiiice. Between fondue, dinners of bread and cheese, tasting as many Swiss chocolates as we could, and then pasta, breads and meats, our bellies have been full and happy =) It was certainly a tearful goodbye, and I still can't believe how quickly the time went by.

Now in Cinque Terre, we are finding the pace of our hearts on the road again, wild camping, hiking, and plunging into cool waters every day. God has been teaching us both so much about Him as our Father, and it has been touching us to our core. I am seeming to see him move and work everywhere we go, and I am loving reading about Jesus' life in Mark right now (how spiritual do I sound right now! lol) He is seriously just the most INCREDIBLE person ever, and it's like a breath of fresh air every time I read about how he lived here. We are falling in love with the Italian people and culture, much to our surprise since it was initially extremely abrasive and exhaustingly hot.

Until next time, we remain your sort of faithful bloggers!

With mom on Lake Como

The view from our campsite at Cinque Terre