so quick recap...last night we went to a great christmas market in a small town nearby. we drank hot wine, listened to a band dressed as santas play christmas music, and looked at the crafts and food. it was a great night. then today we went on a hike up a mountain with one of kiras moms friends. it was through a rural village and up a mountainside and at the top was a nice view of lake garda.

GOOD NEWS!! we were able to recover most of the photos!!!!!! so without any hesitation lots of photos!! the older ones are towards the bottom. we have a lot of beautiful ones, but like i have said before i cant seem to figure out how to rotate them...so here are the nice horizontal ones...




heading down the mountain...that in itself was a blast...kira and i spent a lot of times on our behinds......
on our way up during the hike we took



vin brule (hot wine) at the christmas market! thats kira and her amazing mom!
the christmas market in a small town next to kiras moms...it was one of our favorite nights so far....beautiful! but picture is a little blurry....
kira and ryan on the roof at kiras moms wonderful house!!
great farmers market in verona! free samples! and TONS of great things!
meat stand at the market in verona...more free samples!
lake como! theres george clooneys house! there was some forest fire or something to the right..so its a bit hazy....and then our memory card was full so we relied on mom and dad for more pictures of this area...
some serious sinful gelato!
great sunset in italy overlooking lake garda in the italian alps from a castle rooftop!
dad lookin sharp in our alfa romeo....and a bottle of tasty italian wine!
another great italian sunset over grand canal in venice
colors didnt come out too good in this one..but better view of the grand canal...
one of the many spectacular views in cinque terre
team europe crew in cinque terre!
our rooftop breakfast in cinque terre italy!
he is the ultimate backpacker....he carrys all our food for the 3 of us...hes our personal sherpa. he can even bungy a pizza to his backpack....crazy!
our first taste of food in italy...not too shabby! great appetizer with the family in milan...mmm...
our great lasagna dinner at the strangest people hostel ever....and shortly after this wonderful meal.....the deleted picture fiasco unfolded.....
our picnic in rotterdam
this was a nice picture..but in the recovery process i guess some of it was lost..but we will take it! they were standing on the edge of a canal in rotterdam holland...
dave, the owner of ned kellys....and his new sparkling taps!
ned kellys crew! in the hague holland. (the bar matt used to work at)
coming to a bench near you!.....
great clouds and waves on the beach.....
dan on the beach in holland...not going to try and spell the name of the town..but the pier jets way out into the water and has shops and a casino...very nice....
nice picture of dan and i.....no funny faces in this one.....well.......