Blogs from Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
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Published: October 3rd 2008Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Viareggio
August 31st 2008
26.8. Genovan merellinen aamu Genovassa päätettiin vielä käydä Merimuseossa, ennen kuin lähdetään. Akvaarioita konkreettisempi katsaus mereneläviin saatiin museon lähilaiturin kalakauppiaalta, joka esitteli myytäviensä joukossa olevaa murenaa. Yleisesti näytti siltä, että kalastajat ottavat kiinni kaiken jonka saavat ja myyvät sitten jokaisen kelpaavan kalan. Museon ensimmäiset kaksi kerrosta kertoivat Genovan historiaa 1500-luvulle. Keisari Maksimiliankin kävi Genovassa, joten Tupu yritti museon annista saada kuvaa, miltä Genova näytti silloin. Lare oli otettu kaleerien luonnollista kokoa olevista kopioista. Soudettavat kaleerit olivat kuulemma sopivia Välimeren tuuliolosuhteisiin. Juu-u. Ymmärrämme kyllä. Uudemman historian otimme elämysellisemmältä kannalta, istuimme Amerikkaan muuttavien laivan vuodeosaston sängyillä sun muuta. Hieno museo. Sitten... read more
August 20th 2008
Sunday...a true ‘day of rest’ over here. Almost all shops are shut and streets are deserted so it was an ideal day to travel across Italy to Florence. We decided the other day to skip Rome during this trip and fly there from England instead as we’re a bit short of time. We drove from Venice through Bologna - this looked like a really nice city with great architecture. We had a drive around the city and stopped at a park for lunch. We took a few photos and moved on down to Florence. When we got to Florence we did the same - drove around the city, decided it looked a bit ‘city-like’ for us, i.e. big and full of concrete buildings, so left and drove up the coast to stay at a camping ground ... read more
August 5th 2005
Viareggio was the closest beach to florence, only an hour by train, so I went to this beach three times! (Once in June, once in July, and once in August.. the day before I was to return to the states.) It's a pretty busy beach so if you arrive after lunch time, and it's a busy day, you might have to walk for a while down the beach to find an available bano. Bano doesn't always mean bathrooms.. in this case.. it's an area you rent umbrellas from... which you have to do if you want to be on this beach! Included in the rental are the area's facilities, which are nice. There's areas off the sand for eating, you can get little storage rooms for changing and locking up your items, access to a shower ... read more
