marino wine festival

going up the steps to the festival

view of the town 
lovely building on the way up the steps
awesome hole in tree
overgrown wall

and going up more steps

laundry
more laundry
nice building
main square (notice the potted plants on roof)

i'm so sick of walking on cobblestones

main square
side street and the back of aly
quality signage
awful painting

unsuccessful, therefore disgruntled, fake purse merchant

child admiring ponies
lizzy after surviving an italian port-a-potty
guy and his ponies
i'm sorry, i couldn't resist

nice tail

sun
shadow
olga getting her share
where we got our first cup of wine

aly and lizzy

yours truly
church
terrier
i feel like i should know who this is; i don't.

fountain outside the church

a group of european peers making hats, including our new british friend, rosa, on the far right
view from the church
view down on the city
as always, the barely visible hills

satellite dishes

surly reenactoresses
adorable woman steering clear of the crowds

the main building in town
spies

aly

lizzy
brave photographer balancing on a pole
onlookers
onlookers

the slightly creepy guy in charge of giving out the wine and his thuggish sidekick

the wine fountain, which issued white wine from its hoses
light-up wine festival decor
bustling street
wine-os and a stray dog