One day in Brenta, May 2015
One-day trip by Lago di Tóvel in the westernmost and separate Dolomiti range of Brenta in May 2015.
Tag Archives: Italy
Valli del Natisone, Friaul, Easter 2014
Spending the Easter week with friends in Italian-Slovenian borderlands, Julian Alps and their southern foothills of Valli del Natisone. Easter 2014.
Julijske Alpe, Slovenia/Italy, May 2013
A week in the Slovenian Julian Alps staying in a house nearby Bovec and making a few trips well below and just above the snow line. May 2013.
Orta, May/June 2009
Just a few days in the calm(er) surroundings of Lago di Orta in northern Italy, adding two trips to the Alps north of the lake around Valstrona. May/June 2009.
Lario, Easter 2009
Spending a few days around Easter sightseeing and hiking around Lario, better known als Lago di Como. Easter 2009.
Toscana, October 2008
Based in a farm with a view of San Gimignano, we visited not only the Chianti vineyards by Castellina, Radda, Lamole, Volpaia and Panzano, but also the nearby Toscana sites. San Gimignano, Sant’Anna in Camprena (yes, The English Patient fans, yes!), Pienza, Abbazia di Sant’Antimo, Monte Olivieto, Siena, Florence. October 2008.
Venezia, May 2006
Before going to Venice, read Joseph Brodsky’s “Fondamenta degli Incurabili”. It will sharp your senses to the essentials. Otherwise you will see the town just as a large tourist trap. And Venice is not guilty for this. See it with poet’s eyes, a poet hit hard by his fate. Otherwise you’ll miss it. And don’t ask me what “it” is. May 2006.
Val d’Aosta, June 1995
A family trip to the italian Val d’Aosta and its neighbours in Switzerland. June 1995.
Across The Alps, August 1992
A family excursion with a small car and a small tent across the Swiss, Italian and Austrian Alps. August 1992.