Posted in Italy, Travels, curious stuff on December 19th, 2006 No Comments »
The Cappelletta Pass, on the border between Emilia and Liguria, is not a famous, not even well known, place, I think, but I like it. It is sentimental to me. It’s situated on a ridge between two valleys and the eye sweeps endlessly across the horizon signed by the mountains’ shapes. From [...]
Posted in curious stuff, dogs, pets on December 17th, 2006 1 Comment »
Yes, I know, reading this title, you might feel skeptical. And I was it, too, until a few months ago. Since we have moved close to the woods, we got into the healthy habit of taking short walks in the afternoon. Well, beside the usual trusty friends (I mean dogs) we were [...]
What you see in the photo above is really a pretzel, giant size! We immediately saw it, when we were walking on the road to Neuschwanstein Castle, one of the nicest (if not the nicest) of the castles of Ludwig. On the road there were several shops with souvenirs and such, but what [...]