21.   On a two-week trip to Portugal in January, my wife, Gloria, and I visited a dozen of these remarkable medieval hill towns.

22.   One of the most pleasant forays to be made in North Sulawesi is a trip to Tomohon, a hill town nestled between two still-active volcanoes.

23.   Romantic, ancient hill towns abound.

24.   She will wait for a new university to be opened in Pale, the tiny hill town that is the self-styled capital of the Bosnian Serbs.

25.   The back of the house was now a noisy hill town.

26.   The hill towns and back roads of Umbria are so clogged with pottery stores that even the most passionate admirer gets dizzy.

27.   The trip goes from Pienza to Sinalunga, past sleepy hill towns, vineyards and beautiful villas.

28.   They moved in together, raising two daughters from her first marriage and a third of their own in this picturesque hill town overlooking the Mediterranean.

29.   They lit up the night, and by morning left smoldering plumes of smoke in the Serb hill towns that surround Pec.

30.   To any son of this modest, contented hill town, it would have been a vainglorious boast.