Well it's definitely different to just a few months ago - from meters of thick snow to a lush almost tropical jungle in the mountains! We've been here a couple days - mostly in shorts and tshirts- exploring mountain trails on foot and a maze of backcountry roads by bike. The food is amazing - luscious tomatoes sweeter than anything I've had in Italy, deep orange wild salmon so cheap it will make all you Aussies cry! ... Bunches of asparagus, a plethora of inde...

Ready to head off to wild mountains and cold oceans soon....