Apples!

Ah, week 2. Things are going great and I'm starting to get into the grove...I mean groove. There are apple orchards everywhere here so please excuse my confusion.

Ok, bad joke, sorry.

The rows upon rows of the apple trees was one of the first things I noticed when I got here. But it took me a while to realize what I was looking at. The fruit looked like apples, but the trees they are growing on didn't look like normal apple trees to me. I asked Paul about it and he explained that this region of Italy produces a lot of the apples for all over the area and to increase production, the farmers forced their trees to grow upwards. The trees you see here produce as many apples as what I was picturing, but in a much smaller space.

And here is a picture of what an entire orchard looks like:


Picture this for kilometer after kilometer on one side and a river on the other and you have a pretty good idea of what I get to see on my bike rides. Pretty amazing.

I hope you're all having a great day! The weather here was hot but not humid and a little windy, so very nice. Everything else was great as well...I went into the city this morning after my museli (kind of like granola, but not crunchy) and came back to play with and teach Andy. This afternoon we were out by the pool enjoying the weather. We had dinner outside and are just lounging around in the evening. A great day.