JANUARY 2022 FINDS
january 2022 finds is here. it’s rather short because work galore. BOOK 1. i finished the story of things by deyan sudjic. i liked the story of cities and i liked this one, too. it’s like listening to a very smart and knowledgeable man. i recommend it. MAGAZINES 2. vogue uk january has a striking...
ROME IN 150 PICTURES PART 3
rome in 150 pictures part 3 is my last day in rome and in italy. we dropped our luggage in termini station and went out one last time. we took a bus to reach our next destination. until we got off, we passed by some of the main tourist attractions. here we are. the new testaccio market...
ROME IN 150 PICTURES PART 2
rome in 150 pictures part 2 is my second set of pics. i was telling you we were walking towards a museum. it was macro. we were not so impressed with the art. but we loved the space, the welcoming shade and the in-house restaurant we found on the roof. hungry, we waited for macro 138 to open....
ROME IN 150 PICTURES PART 1
rome in 150 pictures part 1 is some of the best pics i took while chilling in the eternal city. i was telling you about a romanian waitress we met in siena by chance. she recommend that we go to this place. it’s called civita bagnoregio, il paese che muore/the country that’s dying. it’s a town...
LAGO TRASIMENO IN 30 PICTURES
lago trasimeno in 30 pictures is the time we took to drive around the lake and enjoy its quiet beauty on our way from perugia to arezzo. this day was the only day we spent during this trip in the province of perugia of umbria. we first stopped in a village called san savino. it looked deserted...
PERUGIA IN 50 PICTURES
perugia in 50 pictures is only a small part of beautiful perugia. we drove from arezzo to perugia in the morning. we parked outside the city walls and climbed up to get in. you can see above how the city looks like from outside. and we’re in! we were lucky to find a great vantage...
AREZZO IN 30 PICTURES
arezzo in 30 pictures is not very comprehensive even if we spent a couple of days in town. i start with a few pictures from the hills we drove through before we reached arezzo. we were looking for a decent parking spot and we came across what proved to be the local highlight for me. it...
PIENZA IN 50 PICTURES
pienza in 50 pictures is what i saw during our short stay in town. as in all the other medieval towns, we parked outside the city walls and walked on. this is another one of those little towns that look like a film set: beautiful and picturesque. one of the vantage points just outside the city...
SAN QUIRICO DORCIA IN 30 PICTURES
san quirico dorcia in 30 pictures is a short stop we made on our way from siena to pienza and then arezzo. as i was saying yesterday, the rolling hills of tuscay were part of the destination, that’s why you’re seeing so much of them. our stop in san quirico d’orcia was short but great....
SIENA IN 50 PICTURES
siena in 50 pictures is the shots i could take of during my short stay. our airbnb was slightly outside the city walls so we had to walk to the city center. this is one of the entrances to the city center but we took the escalators for a shortcut. we were both here before...
SAN GIMIGNANO IN 50 PICTURES
san gimignano in 50 pictures is my impression of this beautiful tuscan town. it was not easy to decide upon our tuscan itinerary. we wanted to include as much as possible but we also had to leave some places out. but san gimignano made the cut: 1. its historic center is a unesco heritage site and 2....
FLORENCE IN 100 PICTURES PART 2
florence in 100 pictures part 2 is the rest of the time i spent in town. this is downtown, on this side of the arno river. this is a favourite spot of mine, the garden of an art gallery. we’re crossing the river to get to oltrarno, florence’s south bank. we started climbing up because we’re going...
