Along the way, fearless world traveler Geeta made her way out in front, better to warn us of dangerous terrain and critters. Well, suddenly she was sprinting back to us with a quite small lizard close behind, utter panic on her face. She made claims as to the presence of a very large snake, perhaps some sort of pit viper, but of which we saw nothing. It was a steep trail down to the town, with certain exclamations about the descent echoing off the castle below. That night Ben gave a lesson in Italian hand gestures, which were mostly familiar to us Americans. Tom did learn a few new ones, including "I will make every orifice in your body...larger".