Archive for the ‘Italy’ Category

Monte Baldo

May 13, 2008

häh!!! my second over 2000m this year! who says now I am no sportsman? häh??? 

the weather wasn’t really nice… but the view and the air…

please note, the burberry mouse was also there, as usual…

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next post: after Amsterdam… I am looking forward to seeing Ade. :)

Details

May 12, 2008

I took most of the pictures above in Torri. Wonderful little place.

Torri del Benaco

May 12, 2008

for details on torri, if you are interested :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torri_del_Benaco

There is not much to read anyway. However, I liked Torri most… everyplace nice, old buildings, flowers.. warm colours… and the wonderful lago visible from every side… more or less :)

Marlies on Torri: “I did not see much, but I felt at home. ” (explanation: my wife’s parents have a nice little house just next to Attersee, which my wife considers to be 22km long. no one really agreed with her, but we also could not correct her.. I shall google it, but the home feeling is understandable.. a see is a sea.. or not? :) )

Alex on Torri: incredibile!!!

Sirmione – Scaliger Castle

May 12, 2008

Sirmione is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It has a historical centre which is located on a small peninsula that separates the lower part of Lago di Garda. It was a possession of the Republic of Venice from 1405 until 1797, when it was acquired by Austria. It became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1860.

We came here to see the Scaliger Castle (13th century) and its medieval port fortification, which was used by the Scaliger fleet.