Well, today was not such a great day.  A traveler's bad dream.  A picture takers WORST nightmare. My camera WON'T TURN ON!  One minute I'm taking pictures then next it goes black and I can't turn it on.  I know the battery was not full but it shouldn't have been dead.  At the hotel I charge it to make sure.  Nothing. Nada. Zilch.  Looking online it suggested to get a new battery- maybe these are fried from being charged soooo much.  Fingers crossed this is the case.  The other alternative is not so great- something wrong with the shutter that will take a few hundred dollars to fix and that ain't gonna happen. So in the next couple of days when I'm in a city again, I'll see if I can find a new battery and I'll try it out.  I can't complain too much (ok I'm done now) because I AM in Europe for 6 weeks, I can use my iPhone to take pictures and I'm going to ask a friend to bring over another friend's camera for the last leg of my trip.  Breathe.......it's ok......not the end of the world.

So today we visited 2 small Italian towns to see if they would be good stops on a future group trip.  A couple of interesting things but not sure if they're stop worthy.  The first stop was in Udine.  We saw the duomo (very ornate w/marble and lots of side chapels).  Then we went up to the castle that houses paintings and items showing the history of the area.  A few interesting things but nothing was in English so it was hard to follow along.  Then we went to a really small art museum with paintings from a local artist (not a lot to see and what there was, was just so so).  Overall cute town and not touristy at all (which is a plus) but not a whole lot to occupy our time.  The next town was Cividale.  We saw a church, a good museum of archeology and a chapel.  One of the best things was watching the fire fighter demonstrations they had in one of the squares.

So below, my iPhone pictures.  They're not so great, but they'll have to do for now.

Look what they did to an old fire truck- beer on tap!

Cividale was founded by Julius Ceasar.

Oh, and 2 dinner pictures.  I wish I would have gotten the pictures of the appetizer they gave us.  SO GOOD.  Sage leaves lightly breaded and friend.  Oh, my goodness were they good!! The pictures I have: One of something tasty, one of something not so tasty.  You'll see what I mean : )

Yummy cheese ravioli- don't they look like hearts? :)

A little sip of limochello for dessert.  Not my cup of tea. Yuck-a-roo!!