Nathaniel has a dear friend who served his mission in this area of Italy. He tipped us off to an enormous cave that we were happy to go explore!
Nathaniel was in charge of buying road trip food. He did super awesome... except for one thing. He got Dill Pickle Pringles. *gag*. Seriously, it tastes exactly like a pickle. Andrew was the only one who would eat them-- but I only let him eat a few. Ew.
For RR. :)
The sun was bright! :)
With the girls (and some clingy boys). :)
Ever heard of a (now extinct) cave bear? Me either. Looks pretty terrifying though.
It was funny because on the way there Andrew kept talking about going to the cave and seeing bones, and we kept trying to tell him there wouldn't be any bones!... but he was right. :)
Fun photo!
We lucked out-- an Italian school group was in our tour, but our tour guide would talk to us first in English and then to the Italians- so we got to hear (and understand!) what the cave was all about and have time to take pictures at each spot.
I can't explain how HUGE this place is. Seriously enormous.
These spindle things are used to track movements in the Earth. Since the cave is so deep they can track the most minute movements.
Isn't this a funny stalagmite?
The original opening of the cave, which was used in prehistoric times as a sort of trash chute-- when it was discovered there were various animal bones and discarded ancient weapons at the bottom of the cavern.
Can you follow the path of lights up the back of the cave? That was where we began. It was *crazy*! By the time we reached fresh air again I was struggling to breath like I had asthma (two months of being fatigue-bound to a couch or bed depleted depleted any small degree of "in shape" I had to begin with.). What did William do as soon as he got outside? Jumping jacks! I wish I had the energy of a 6-year-old again.
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