More Fauna in Gorizia

This morning on my walk up to the castle, I encountered two new residents of Gorizia, a snail nestled into the ivy on one of the walls and a very lively lizard who skittered across the same wall about a block away. In fact, I may well be surrounded by chameleons as this one was so well camouflaged that I probably wouldn't have seen him if he hadn't moved.

And speaking of critters, I'm remiss for not mentioning the winged lion over the castle entrance. As you can see above, that lion is on the cover of Bob Wood's quite remarkable Gorizia Notebook (Finishing Line Press), a book of poems inspired by one of the summers that Bob spent here. And to make it even more of a family affair, the photograph on the cover was taken by Stephen Dobranski, the husband of Shannon, who manages all of LCC's study abroad programs. And a lot of other things, truth be told.



I also ran into another example of the Gorizia lion, this time on a memorial to the dead from World War I.



The students have mostly gone off on their journeys (primarily to Cinque Terra), so I'll probably spend a leisurely weekend, catching up on my work and maybe doing some sightseeing.

Arrivederia,

Carol