Italy travel

Gallery: Milan Central Station

June 24, 2011

Milan’s Central railway station is a grand example of Fascist architecture, though these days it can be hard to see under all the advertising…

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Some Lesser-Known Places to Visit in Italy

October 9, 2010

^ evening on Lake Como at Lecco A typical Italian beach Bergamo, Bergamo gallery Bormio again Campo Imperatore Cartoceto, Le Marche Castelli Chianti Greve Ferrari Museum gallery Tuscany gallery Chiavenna photo gallery Lake Como Region Lecco Mantova Maranello Milano ^ Castello Sforzesco, Milan Montepulciano Montorfano Pitigliano Rome San Pellegrino Siena Torino Venice Viterbo Volterra Walks canete [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Via Con Me

February 27, 2010

Paolo Conte, 1981. Below is the Neri per Caso version that first introduced me to the song. Via Con Me Away with Me Via, via, vieni via di qui, Away, away, come away from here niente più ti lega a questi luoghi, Nothing more ties you to these places neanche questi fiori azzurri… not even [...]

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Where Goats Go on Summer Vacation: Alpe Giumello & Valcava

September 14, 2009

An expedition to Alpe Giumello and Valcava, just above Lake Como. Full of goats grazing on the rich Alpine summer grass. When cold weather comes, they will be moved to lower pastures, a process called transumanza.

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Gallery: Bellagio

September 5, 2009

From a visit in 2005.

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Gallery: Tirano, October 2007

May 10, 2009

I took so many great pictures during our visit to the Sertoli Salis winery in Tirano (Valtellina) that I couldn’t use them all even in three pages, so here they are. Some are fuzzygraphs because I did not want to use flash on the interior frescoes, but I’ve included them anyway to give you at [...]

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Gallery: The Abbey at Piona

May 10, 2009

We’ve visited this beautiful medieval abbey in northern Lake Como several times, but apparently I’ve never posted any of my photos. This set is from a visit in September, 2007. On in-season weekends, you can reach Piona on the Lake Como ferry.

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Gallery: A Stroll in Downtown Milan

May 8, 2009

Photos from a March, 2008, visit.

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Gallery: A Spring Day in Lecco

May 7, 2009

Photos I took on a weekend walk around town with Enrico last spring.

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Gallery: St. Maria del Tiglio, Gravedona

May 6, 2009

While in Gravedona, we also visited the medieval church of St. Maria del Tiglio (St. Mary of the Linden Tree).

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Gallery: Gravedona Cemetery

May 5, 2009

^ This (doubtless allegorical) statue just begs for a funny caption. Any ideas? (Click on the image to see a larger version.) While visiting friends on the other side of Lake Como, we stopped by the lakeside town of Gravedona and visited the cemetery. As you can see, family vaults are kept over generations and [...]

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Rome 2002 Gallery

March 29, 2009

From a trip I made with my father and his wife in autumn, 2002. I think all tourists should be required to carry red umbrellas in the rain – makes for great pictures against the gray stone of the Colosseum.

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Ferrari Gallery

January 31, 2009

From our visit to the Ferrari museum in Maranello in July, 2004.

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Italian Graffiti: Walls

January 12, 2009
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Italian Train Graffiti

January 7, 2009

I like graffiti art (when it’s good – not that stupid tagging crap) and photograph it whenever I can. These are examples I’ve collected over years of travelling and commuting by train in Italy.

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Milan, Christmas 2008

December 30, 2008

^ sparkly crystal display in the dome of Milan’s Galleria After a disastrous trip from Denver, Ross and I made it back to Italy the Saturday before Christmas, rather than the Friday as originally scheduled. Which meant I was still exhausted and jet-lagged when I made a dash into Milan to see friends that Monday. [...]

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Cartoceto Photo Gallery

December 29, 2008

After the long, amazing dinner at the Symposium Quattro Stagioni, Susan and I stayed through a long, hot night at a B&B in Cartoceto. The next day was stunningly hot, but we dragged ourselves around a nearly deserted town for a few hours, and took a lot of pictures.

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Gallery: Venice

August 9, 2008

From our September, 2007, visit to Venice.

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Gallery: Castello di Vezio

July 26, 2008

From a visit to the Castello di Vezio, see video of falconry high over Lake Como.

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Gallery: Varenna in Autumn

July 13, 2008

From a day trip to Varenna with our friends Serena and Sandro.

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