Italy

Odd juxtapositions, Venice, 2005 Another winding lane to nowhere in Venice's Jewish quarter. It is impossible to take an uninteresting photo in Venice, just as it is to take one which isn't a cliche. But what a pretty cliche. Faceless fresco and figure in Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Venice in the mist. Cuteness is endemic in San Gimignano near Florence. And, there is already exactly the right amount of this stuff in the world -- so can we stop now please? Another ugly roadside attraction somewhere on the outskirts of Naples. Trulli houses in Alberobello, southern Italy. See Travel Stories pages. Majestic view of the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius from The Grand Hotel Cocumella in Sorrento. The old Roman Forum. Fresco in Pompeii. Romany woman in Rome on the Pont San Angelo. Barberini symbolism at the base of Bernini's baldacchino (canopy) over St Peter's tomb in the Vatican. Was author H V Morton the first writer brave enough to note the gynaecological aspects? Dante posing as a pirate (with a parable on his shoulder, as John Lennon might have writ). Florence. Positano on the Amalfi Coast, central Italy Trulli house with esoteric roof painting, Alberobello, Italy The church built at the birthplace (it was a stable, of course) of St Joseph of Copertino in southern Italy. He was the saint who flew -- repeatedly, and to the irritation of other monks apparently. See www.perceptivetravel.com for the story. Beautiful Amalfi on the west coast of central Italy where the town has steps, not streets. Another roadside attraction, this on the winding road around the Amalfi Coast, Italy. The food was cheap and if you bought something the photo was free. From the terrace of the Grand Hotel Cocumella in Sorrento, Italy overlooking the Bay of Naples. Originally a Jesuit retreat, the place became a hotel in the early 19th century. The Duke of Wellington and Iggy Pop have both enjoyed this view. Wash day in the old Jewish (and new housing) area of Venice. One of my travel journals from the days before the euro, when Italian galleries had more interesting tickets and there was no such thing as an ATM. The good old days? Maybe this is why Savonarola went bonkers in Florence in the 15th century and started burning books and immoral art, and demanding purges of those he considered dissolute. This is the view from his cell in San Marco. Wasn't life -- and graffiti - simpler in the old days? You just don't see enough Yankee/Yanqui go home these days. This from suburban Rome. Fascist architecture of the Mussolini era caught in the headlights at EUR just south of Rome. See Travels in Elsewhere
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