for the days the travel bug is titillating you...

Angus and Julia Stone - big jet plane


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=165RVtUhEvk

BELLA ITALIA - TOSCANA and surroundings 2011

ITALIA - Marja e Lisa nel Bel Paese



SIENA - August 2011




first impressions



checking out the medieval city






Piazza del Campo




le feste delle contrade



every city quarter has its own "contrada"
- groups that ride against each other in
the famous PALIO (3 of July and 16 of August)


the contrada della pantera




il duomo... impressionante!






also for Siena the wolf with Romulus and Remus are quite important...




some really good ice cream after the religious overdose....






Nightlife impressions






view from our appartment


la Vespa...everlasting









la festa del nicchio












exploring Tuscany's beauty - un giro nelle terre del Chianti










VOLTERRA - the city of the VOLTURI....













"I see a bad moon rising..." or wait, I think it's it a NEW MOON.... ;)


wine tasting - a good excuse for getting drunk at midday...
















after the weekend's excursion: back to work!


our Italian class - two weeks con buona compagnia


back to beautiful Siena








getting started for the cena italiana: pane con olio e sale





getting ready for the Palio











moving on....

FIRENZE - FLORENCE

Tuscany's beautiful flower


Ponte Vecchio





nightlife impressions








new day - new perspective




omnipresent David (by Michelangelo) - and good old Fiat










next and last stof of our journey:

VENEZIA - VENICE









piazza San Marco



enjoying the view from our hostel



Ponte Rialto






that's where churches become interesting also for geologists...! ;)



we also found out that there is a beach in Venice...




last glimpse into the setting sun


... and a twelve hours tour back home in an overnight train.

Ciao Bella Italia, ARRIVEDERCI!