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06. outside Padua

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Not all our plans always work out perfectly well. It is one of those days. We have planned to take the train, for a 16 minute ride, to Vicenza. We arrive at the station at 9.38, without ticket, and we clearly won’t make the 9.40 train. So let’s take the next train. But this leaves [...]
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05. Padua

Blog entries, Locations
Padua as a city is actually a bit disappointing, but there are still plenty of reasons to visit, not in the least the richly decorated baptism chapels. I suppose every city you visit immediately after Venice is going to be a disappointment. Padua is nice, has a lovely historical centre, with lots of lovely squares, [...]
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04. Venice

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Four days in Venice, discovering highlights and hidden corners, culture and great food. This city breathes a special atmosphere; so brace yourself for a barrage of photos! I have never been to Venice before. To everybody who always said that it was such a lovely city, I told them I thought it was highly overrated. [...]
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03. Verona

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The first major town on our trip, Verona, has a lot to offer in terms of historical sites, as well as some cultural education, and a real nice atmosphere in the old town. Back from Valpolicella, we leave the car in an underground parking for the next few days, and explore Verona on foot. Altogether, [...]
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02. Valpolicella

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It is somewhat unfortunate that our culture trip to Italy needs to start with an exploration of the various wine areas around Verona, especially Valpolicella and Soave. We have settled for a couple of nights in Verona, our first stop in North Italy. But the next day is a Monday, the day that most museums [...]
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01. the first Italy plan

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I call this the first Italy plan, because I suspect we will be coming back a few times. Italy is too big to cover in one trip, and besides, we are not in a hurry, we can take it easy – because Italy is also driving distance from home, and a lot easier to return [...]
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Trento

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Trento is a lovely small town in the north of Italy, not very touristic yet charmingly Italian. We have a hard life. In August 2018 we had an appointment in Austria, and one in the south of France, with a few days in between. To cover the distance, we had the choice between crossing Switzerland [...]
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Midnight in Sicily

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The one book about Sicily I read, during our short trip, is “Midnight in Sicily” (1996), written by Peter Robb. Although the book is advertised by its sub-title, on arts, food, history, travel & Cosa Nostra, the latter is by far the dominant subject. Robb describes, sometimes in sickening detail, how the Mafia turned itself [...]
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Sicily (5) – the southeast

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Before we came to Palermo we spent four days in the south-east of Sicily. We had based ourselves in Noto, one of the many so-called hilltop towns. Noto, like so many other towns in this part of the island, suffered a devastating earthquake in 1693, a cloud with a silver lining, because the associated total [...]
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Sicily (4) – Palermo

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After the Roman Empire collapse, there was nothing, for a while. Sicily was occupied by the Vandals – there is no people with a more fabulous name -, and then by Byzantine and Arab invaders. Especially the Arabs were influential, introducing not only Arabic as a common language, but also putting in place land reforms, [...]
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