Discovering Natural Beauty and New Friendships.

On Sunday Kristin, Crystal, Michelle, Marley, and I decided to venture off into the city and just get lost with no objective in mind.  We went the complete opposite way that we were used to and ended up stumbling upon the castle on the mountain that over looks all of Brescia.  However, we could not find the entrance to the castle and made it our goal to get to the top.  When walking along the path we experienced amazing sights as we got closer to the castle.  Little did we know we weren't even on the right path.  We kept walking and seeing the most beautiful sights that words cannot describe.  The many views of the city and all the other mountains around them were becoming more and more beautiful than we could imagine.  The higher we climbed the better it became.  Finally, we reached the castle and there was a mini fair going on.  Little children were running around and happily playing while parents pleasantly stood by.  Inside the walls of the castle were flowers all over the place.  All of them were beautiful colors that caught the eye.  We walked up some stairs then down a path to what we thought would be the corner of the castle, but once again we went the wrong way for the better.  We reached what we thought was a dead end until I saw a steep path that went on top of a mini bridge.  We decided to climb and our faces said it all when we reached the top.  There was another half of the city and it was the sight of all sights.  Houses and people everywhere, vineyards left and right, and mountains as far as the eye could see.  We found the most beautiful part of the whole trip.

Right then and there we made a pact, we would show people the castle, but not the way we came and where our journey ended.  This was our little secret that no one else could know about.  With that being said, I experienced so much in one day that was supposed to take the whole trip. The main thing was the friendship of people who were complete strangers to me and I can now call them my friends.

(From L-R): Michelle, Crystal, Kristin and Marley

(From L-R): Marley, Kristin, Tom and Crystal

-Tom