We head of to San Gimignano. None of this was pre-planned, we are just driving to whereever takes our fancy at the time. We are used to driving in Australia where the distances between major cities is vast. So we find it odd that everything is so close to reach. The following morning we have a tour booked to Pisa so we don’t want to go there today, but we keep coming upon signs saying we are almost there. So we turn around and drive in another direction to look at something else. Fortunately there are just so many interesting…
Archive for August, 2007
On To San Gimignano
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at
8:10 am
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Mid Morning in Siena, Italy
Monday, August 13th, 2007 at
6:19 am
After strolling around the streets, well hardly a stroll really as the place is very hilly, so it was more like – after mountain climbing up and down the narrow, uneven cobbled streets, we crossed the piazza to enter the beautiful Duomo. This stunning building is Gothic in design except for the Romanesque style Campanile. The floor is etched and inlaid marble is one of the most impressive in all of Italy. Most of the floor is generally covered and only fully on display at certain times of the year. The Duomo houses many outstanding examples of Tuscan Art and…
Carnevale in Venice
Monday, August 13th, 2007 at
6:07 am
I came upon this video on youtube.com and I thought that the piece was really done well, so I have included it here for your enjoyment. The clip is about Venice during Carnevale and the music fits very well with the clip.
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