Where Goats Go on Summer Vacation: Alpe Giumello & Valcava
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...
View ArticleSome Lesser-Known Places to Visit in Italy
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...
View ArticleGallery: Milan Central Station
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… Related posts: Milan Central Station: Safety Tips Finding...
View ArticleLecco: Between Lake Como and the Alps
Want to see (and, in winter, ski) the Alps? Get off the train in Lecco and walk across the station parking lot to the bus stand in via Montello, where the #5 bus departs, roughly every hour, for the...
View ArticleFlowers on a Windowsill
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View ArticleArt School, Castello Sforzesco, Milan
One of the areas inside the castle that Leonardo da Vinci designed for the Duke of Milan houses a school for applied arts, appropriately enough. Related posts: La Scala Re-Opening Milano: Italy’s...
View ArticleMontepulciano
coppersmith’s shop, “temple” of San Biagio I don’t remember when this trip took place, maybe summer of 2004. Related posts: Tuscany Gallery San Pellegrino: The Remains of the Grand Hotel Ferrari Gallery
View ArticleSan Pellegrino: The Remains of the Grand Hotel
A relic of the heyday of San Pellegrino, the Grand Hotel was (quite literally) a watering place for the wealthy, in the early 1900s when health spas with natural mineral springs were all the rage. The...
View ArticleItalian Fountains
Not every Italian town is famously picturesque, but, even in those that are not, the attentive observer can find a wealth of beautiful detail and decoration. (I’ve already mentioned the doorknockers.)...
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