Tondo
9 months of beautiful roundness
9 months of beautiful roundness
Winter in Russian River, norther California, where we spent some good time for the new years eve. In the morning a woke up pretty early and the fog was following the river like it was part of the current.
It was like been in those fables, where dark woods and mist surround everything like a magical mantle.
It's incredible how images are able to express our feelings and the exact phase of our life. Unexpectedly we found ourself inspired and immerse in this world of colorful balloons, shiny white skyline and deep blue sky.
If my life was a fable, this would be the moment when everything becomes magical.
Going to an aquarium is always an interesting experience. The imagery that you can generate can be intense and intriguing with those colors, texture and movement in the silence of the water.
I love hikes and mountains. So, gathering with a bunch of friends and heading to a day hike, is one of the best thing to do in summer. Especially in Italy, where there are the most beautiful and breath-taking mountains in all Europe.
We went to Pasubio, close to Vicenza, in the pre-Alps, and the trail is called "Strada delle 52 gallerie" (Road of the 52 galleries). It's a military trail built during World War I on the massif of Pasubio, and it starts at Campiglia (1,219 m) up to gates of Pasubio (1,934 m). We actually reached the highest point at Cima Palon at 2,232 m and the whole trail took us 6 hours back and forward at normal paste.
The story about this trail is very interesting and bittersweet at the same time. This trail was the first line and theatre of a series of bloody battles between Italians and Austro-Hungarian armies during World War I. Along the trail are preserved many memories of these tragic wartime events: in particular, the Road of Heroes (Strada degli Eroi) was almost entirely excavated in the rock, to allow supplies to be brought to the Pasubio front from behind the lines, safely protected from the fire of the Austrian artillery. The road is a masterpiece of military engineering and bold, considering the conditions and the times in which it was constructed, and the rapidity of performance: work began on February 6, 1917 and was concluded in November 1917.