Showing posts with label piazza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label piazza. Show all posts

Monday, August 6, 2012

summer in Northern Italy

... is fresh fruit and vegetables. Tomatoes in all shapes and shades of red, herbs, juicy peaches, sweet and dark cherries - the assortment is vast and everything tastes like sunshine and summer rain

http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/13783328
market in Bozen


... is taking it easy around lunchtime, it's simply too hot to move much!!

...is enjoying long summer nights outside, sitting on the piazze with some vino

...the smell of drying hay in the sunshine and the sound of ringing bells around the cows' necks on the mountain pastures

http://www.val-gardena.com/de/eindruecke/page379.html


...long dinners with family and friends outside

... gelato

http://nothingtodoinflorence.blogspot.it/2011/09/best-gelato-in-badiani.html
http://www.romatg24.it/salute/2012/07/23/19980/estate-il-gelato-che-ti-tira-su/
http://almaregelato.com/


...empty, idyllic paradise beaches as much as party beach spots with malls and bars

http://web.tiscali.it/bollo/
Sardegna beaches



http://it.travellertribe.com/rimini/
Rimini


...summer festivals, outdoor concerts, mountain parties and traditional festivities

http://www.sarntal.com/de/reisefuehrer/news/events/artikel/2011/06/21/suedtiroler-sarntal-11-sarner-dorffest.html


...sticky and sweltering heat in the cities during daytime, leading to sticky and sweating people

...Italian summer fashion

http://www.millionlooks.com/our-vision/claudia-schiffer-for-salvatore-ferragamo-ss-09-ad/


...Italian eyewear

http://www.footluxe.com/2012/02/dolce-and-gabbana-spring-summer-2012-eyewear-ad-campaign/


Sunday, July 29, 2012

pretty patio







 






 

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piazza vs. patio

Sitting outside while enjoying your coffee, drink or meal in summertime is part of almost every country's culture. Italy and Canada are no exceptions and again, it's the "how" that differs a great deal.

Thanks to our industrious and a little megalomaniac ancestors in Italy, there's a romantic and beautiful piazza around every corner in Italian towns. Typically these piazze show glorious monuments of noble men, facades of the wealthy family's splendid recidences which overcame the centuries and opulent fountains. Tourists come from all over the world to snap pictures of every little detail and ornament so that the most famous ones are usually more than overcrowded. But, as said, there are umpteen in every city so you can always catch a free table and live la dolce vita.







 

But what does a folk without ancestral construction-mania do? Right, they create their own, brandnew places to meet friends and live the life called patios. Every house, restaurant and bar has its own outdoor area, furnished to attend the guests' needs of relaxation and party hunger.






What's your favourite piazza or patio?
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