Tre Cime de Lavaredo: The landmark of the Dolomites
We went to the Dolomites in the late half of September. End of the summer tourist season. We were the last guests on the hotel, before they closed the doors […]
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The Dolomites: when the Alps were a tropical sea
The Dolomites are legendary name to both mountaineers and geologists. The pink and beige mountains, with the characteristic layers, the free-standing towers with flat tables on the top, are on […]
Volterra: Ancient sea in beautiful Tuscany
Tuscany is the area of gelato, geothermal energy and picturesque villages on hill tops. Nearly every hill top, no matter how steep, has a village, small or smaller, on the […]
The heat is on in Tuscany!
I made you click, didn’t I? But it is not that kind of heat, or that other kind. It could be the hot summer days in Tuscany, when the crop […]
Mount Etna from the air
On the way to Malta, we flew over Mount Etna. In accordance with Murphy’s Law, the Volcano that had been humming along nearly continuously the last year, was quiet. But […]