Italy 2016

Gerhild & Kims Italobloggo 2016

Ital_flagThe plan

Johann_Heinrich_Wilhelm_Tischbein_007Goethe’s italienische Reise Text.


Everything on one page.
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One day at a time.

 

Berlin nach München

5 Stunden plus Pausen
 
Childhood playmates – Gerhild’s cousins Claudius & Gerd
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1 May – Munich to Arte Sella

4.5 hours driving plus breaks

Apartment for 2 nights.

2 May – Sella Valley

ARTE Sella
 
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3 May – Sella Valley

Walking through the woods in the Sella valley.

 
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Gelateria with futurism style staircase in Rovereto.
 
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All children are angels in Italy.
 
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4 May – Rovereto

The MART museum in Rovereto. Guiseppe Penone sculpture.
 
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Mussolini in a spin.
 
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Acacia thorns.
 
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Casa d’arte futurista depero
 
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Workers (and Gerhild)
 
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Hat shop in Rovereto.
 
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5 May – Salò

Lago di Garda
 
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 A little something before dinner.
 
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 Whoops! Salò.
 
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Our very nice bed and breakfast. Il vecchio Mulino.

6 May – Salò, Il vittoriale degli italiani

Breakfast on the balcony.

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André Heller’s garden

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Il vittoriale degli italiani. A very popular poet, soldier and friend of Mussolini, who had a warship in his garden and loved beautiful women.

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7 May – Verona

Young Italian girls on old Verona bridge
 
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Aperol Spritz as apperitivi
 
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Our hotel receptionist
 
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Hotel Trieste in Verona
 
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8 May – Verona

Verona’s offical Romeo & Juliet balcony.
 
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How romantic.
 
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Hotel Trieste in Verona is well guarded.
 
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9 May – Vicenza

Vicenza
 
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 Super silver shoes for the jazz festival in Vicenza
 
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 Jazz with aperativi high over the rooves of Vicenza
 
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10 May – Venice

Day trip on the train to Venice
 
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Gondola garage
 
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Hi mum!
 
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Well hello!
 
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Abbey Road, Venice style
 
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Gondola jam
 
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One sad lion and three girls too tired even for a selfie
 
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11 May – Vicenza

Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza – Harry Potter’s Diagon alley built in the 16th century
 
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Welcome to Ravenna
 
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Ostello Galletti Abiosi is really nice (and good value).

12 May – Ravenna

Gerhild on the beach near Ravenna
 
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Jazz with the nice Americans
 
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13 May – Ravenna

Old mosaic in the Basilica of Sant Apollinare Nuovo
 
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Old mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale
 
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New mosaic in the Ravenna Art Museum
 
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Nother new mosaic
 
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We went to the laundrette in Ravenna
 
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Kim working hard in the courtyard of Ostello Galletti Abbiosi
 
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14 May – Lido degli Estensi (Po delta)

Great bike ride through the wetlands next to Valli di Comacchio

 
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One of hundreds of fishing lodges – trabucco
 
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Clever Italian style bike map
 
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Comacchio
 
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The ecologically embarassing drone’s eye view




15 May – Riserva Naturale Sacca di Bellocchio (Po delta)

Walk along the beach to see the flamingos
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A flamingo
 
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16 May – Urbino

Urbino – as in the ARD detective film
 
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17 May – Chianti Sculpture Park

The Chianti Sculpture Park. Beautiful landscape, bumpy drive, interesting sculptures.

Italian marble, English man, African granite.
 
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Because one is not enough.
 
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They have been waiting a long time to get in.
 
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Pleased to meet you Mr. Hitchcock.
 
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Mmmmmm, these trees smell great.
 
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18 May – San Gimignano

My tower is bigger than your tower!
 
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The wealthy Campatelli family.
 
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Their palazzo (and tower) were very interesting.
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The Toscan landscape from the family dining room.

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All of the family now have to help with the shop.
 
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Piazza Cisterna when most of the pilgrims have gone.
 
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19 May – Mantua




Palazzo Te

 
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20 May – Christo, Monte Isola

At the moment you take the ferry from Sulzano to Monte Isola.

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Christo thinks you should walk (on water). http://www.thefloatingpiers.com

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They are working on it, but haven’t got the paint out yet.

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Nice place for lunch.

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Fish from the lake.

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21 May – Bergamo

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Gerhild gives some enthusiastic Italian children a German lesson.
 
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Great view from the top. You can see Milan on the horizon.
 
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22 May – Pirelli Hangar Bicocca Milano

Great trip to Milano to Pirelli Hangar Bicocca
 
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Fly agaric. Carsten Höller likes to play with this as in Berlin.
 




Quite right, that isn’t Gerhild, but as we were both flying at the same time, I had to borrow this image to show the principle.
 
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Kim just landed from flying around the exhibition.
 
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Permanent Anselm Kiefer exhibit
 
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23 May – Lake Como

First impressions of Lake Como on a rainy day in Menaggio
 
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24 May – Lake Como

With a bit of sunshine, it looks better – Lenno, on the west edge of Lake Como.
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Nice day for a walk in the hills behind Menaggio
 
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25 May – Lake Como

The higher you go, the more you can see.
 
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Still, no sign of George Clooney or his villa.

26 May – On the way home

We decide to head north, with a break in Oberfranken, when I got tired http://www.motel-hormersdorf.de

27 May – On the way home

Driven 3707 km from Berlin to Italy and back again. Our rented Seat Leon served us well.

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