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The new Bergamo is indeed a city of one-way streets. To get to our B&B I had to drive in a narrowing spiral, until we zeroed in on the right street where I happily parked right under a “no parking” sign without realizing it until […]
Making a stop in Torino, elegant and almost completely devoid of tourist traffic, was definitely not a bad idea. The city center is calm and quiet, at least as quiet as it gets in Italy. Once a capital it looks as one: the trams float […]
Nervously driving through while clenching the wheel with my sweaty hands would be the only way for me to experience this place, should it not be for another of our Servas destinations. Sometimes it is a metropolitan street and sometimes – like today – a […]
Sometimes things just come together to create this perfect harmonious moment, one of which I am trying to capture in words right now. We’re at a beach in Lavagna and I’m all set on my sunbed under an umbrella, with a bottle of Corona, a […]
Next stop: birthplace of a certain Leonardo, the Vinci village. There is a museum with models made by the drawings of the master (yes, it is exactly same as any other Leonardo museum throughout Italy, but the streets of the town being walked by the […]
Pisa wasn’t a major stop on our itinerary, but driving so close by and not see the Great Attraction simply wasn’t an option. I am of course talking about the Hordes of the Tower Supporters. This amazing phenomenon gained the significance it has today with […]
Some days that you plan as just getting from A to B turn out to be something quite different, don’t they? Relocating from Florence to Fontanabuona (which is where we are staying to go to Chinque Terre) was on the table today. Just to relieve […]
If you happen to drive from Rome to Florence, tell your GPS to avoid the toll roads. Not because you are a cheap old man like myself, but just for the fun of it. The time is same, but chances are you will end up […]
