elba
June 3, 2012
We recently came back from a two-week trip with Flo and Corinna to the island of Elba in Tuscany, Italy. Even though it wasn’t the expected fry-in-the-sun-at-the-beach vacation because of the chilly spring-time weather, it was a great trip. May is wild flower season in Tuscany and the entire island was exploding with colors. We went on several hikes and saw places that I have never been to in the thirty years that I’ve visited this island now. Below are a few impressions of the Elban spring.
![Sea gulls Florian Peljak and Corinna Vermeersch feed the sea gulls on the ferry from Piombino to Porto Ferraio, Elba, Sunday, May 13, 2012.](https://www.jakob-berr.com/blog/wp-content/pictures/20120513ITD01-L1018849.jpg)
Flo and Corinna feed the sea gulls on the ferry from Piombino to Porto Ferraio, Elba, Sunday, May 13, 2012.
![Rock Painting Lichen and two-colored rock work together to create the impression of an abstract painting on the Percorso del Monserrato hiking trail in Porto Azzurro, Wednesday, May 16, 2012.](https://www.jakob-berr.com/blog/wp-content/pictures/20120516ITD01-L1019139.jpg)
Lichen and two-colored rock work together to create an abstract painting on the Percorso del Monserrato hiking trail in Porto Azzurro, Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
![L'Aquila, Madonna del Monte Beth Suda celebrates her birthday at L'Aquila (the eagle) just off the pilgrims' church of Madonna del Monte above the village of Marciana, Friday, May 18, 2012.](https://www.jakob-berr.com/blog/wp-content/pictures/20120518ITD01-L1019284.jpg)
Beth celebrates her birthday at L'Aquila (the eagle) just off the pilgrims' church of Madonna del Monte above the village of Marciana, Friday, May 18, 2012.
![Pine forest Pine trees cast their shadows on the grass underneath at Mount Calamita, Capoliveri, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.](https://www.jakob-berr.com/blog/wp-content/pictures/20120522ITD01-L1019632.jpg)
Pine trees cast their shadows on the grass underneath at Mount Calamita, Capoliveri, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.
![Break time Florian Peljak, Beth Suda and Corinna Vermeersch take a break after hiking up the steep and strenuous trail to Monte Strega, Rio nell'Elba, Monday, May 21, 2012.](https://www.jakob-berr.com/blog/wp-content/pictures/20120521ITD01-L1019575.jpg)
Flo, Beth and Corinna take a break after hiking up the steep and strenuous trail to Monte Strega, Rio nell'Elba, Monday, May 21, 2012.
![Madonna del Monte Rosaries, photographs and other offerings are lined up on a wall inside the Madonna del Monte pilgrims' church above the mountain village of Marciana, Friday, May 18, 2012.](https://www.jakob-berr.com/blog/wp-content/pictures/20120518ITD01-L1019195.jpg)
Rosaries, photographs and other offerings are lined up on a wall inside the Madonna del Monte pilgrims' church above the mountain village of Marciana, Friday, May 18, 2012.
![Sunset Florian Peljak, Corinna Vermeersch and Beth Suda fool around while watching the sunset atop L'Aquila in Marciana, Friday, May 18, 2012.](https://www.jakob-berr.com/blog/wp-content/pictures/20120518ITD01-L1019316.jpg)
Flo, Corinna and Beth fool around while watching the sunset atop L'Aquila in Marciana, Friday, May 18, 2012.
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1. Blog | Jakob Berr Photogr&hellip | June 4, 2012 at 7:51 pm
[…] that I hadn’t seen previously on our hikes with Beth, Flo and Corinna (see also my post from yesterday), I played around more with panoramas. I’m trying to get a grip on this technique, as it […]