Photos • Photoset 1 - Old-town Pavia **My photos are arranged into photosets. Scroll down this page to see these photos. • Photoset 2 - Cinque Terre ** • Photoset 3 - Lake Como • Photoset 4 - Certosa di Pavia • Photoset 5 - Pisa • Photoset 6 - Lucca (Tuscany) • Photoset 7 - Milan • Photoset 8 - Trento - Bolzano - Rittner Horn di Renon • Photoset 9 - Venice ** (** = personal favorites) |
Map Below is a map showing where I went on my mostly day trip adventures in Italy. |
Crutches The photos below show me and my crutches in Cinque Terre and Pisa, 9 and 10 weeks after my climbing accident. |
Itinerary Below is an itinerary for my five weeks in Italy. • Nov 14 (Sun) - Fly from Seattle to Milan, and take a taxi to Pavia, where I would stay at the CAR College across town from the ROSE School. • Nov 15 - Touring old-town Pavia (Photoset 1). • Nov 16 - Touring old-town Pavia (Photoset 1). • Nov 17 - Exploring the colorful villages of Cinque Terre (Photoset 2). • Nov 18 - Rainy day photo processing and espresso drinking. • Nov 19 - Day trip to a tourist-free Lake Como (Photoset 3). • Nov 20 (Sat) - A no-photography-allowed morning at Certosa di Pavia (Photoset 4). • Nov 21 (Sun) - Church service at the cathedral, supermarket adventure, and exploring some old and beautiful churches and basilicas (Photoset 1). • Nov 22 - Class starts and I begin my tasks of teacher assisting. • Nov 23 - Teacher assisting. • Nov 24 - Teacher assisting. And some night photos of the streets of Pavia (Photoset 1). • Nov 25 - Teacher assisting. No Thanksgiving here. • Nov 26 - Climbing the 296 leaning stairs of the Tower of Pisa (no class on Fridays!). I then took a train to Lucca and stayed the night there (Photoset 5). • Nov 27 (Sat) - A day in the walled Tuscan town of Lucca (Photoset 6). • Nov 28 (Sun) - Rainy day photo processing. • Nov 29 - Sunny day grading and fielding homework questions. And some night photos of the Christmas lights in Pavia (Photoset 1). • Nov 30 - Teacher assisting. • Dec 1 - Teacher assisting. And discovering that crutches don't work too safely on snow. • Dec 2 - Teacher assisting. • Dec 3 - A museum, cathedral, and pigeons in the heat of Milan (Photoset 7). • Dec 4 (Sat) - Castles, markets, and cable cars in Trento (Photoset 8). • Dec 5 (Sun) - Dolomite views from a Bolzano to Rittner Horn di Renon cable car and mountain train (Photoset 8). • Dec 6 - Photo processing, fielding homework questions, and carrying 50lb of groceries across a few kilometers of slushy cobblestones. • Dec 7 - Teacher assisting. • Dec 8 - Teacher assisting. And some night photos of Christmas festivities in Pavia (Photoset 1). • Dec 9 - Teacher assisting. • Dec 10 - Exploring the canals and doing night photography in Venice (Photoset 9). • Dec 11 (Sat) - Markets and glass-blowing factories of Venice (Photoset 9). • Dec 12 (Sun) - Photo processing and fielding homework questions. • Dec 13 - Teacher assisting. • Dec 14 - Teacher assisting. • Dec 15 - Teacher assisting. Any my first cappuccino (Photoset 1). • Dec 16 - Final exam and real Italian pizza party (Photoset 1). • Dec 17 - Fly back to Seattle (leave Italy on Dec 17 and arrive in Seattle 26 hours later but still on Dec 17 due to time change). I was definitely not ready to leave Italy! |
A little about Pavia:
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Photos (basilicas and churches):
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Photos (Enjoying the caffe and gelato):
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Photos (miscellaneous):
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A little about Cinque Terre:
Photos from Riomaggiore:
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Photos from Vernazza:
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Photos from Manarola:
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A little about Lake Como:
Photos from Bellagio:
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Photos from Como:
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A little about the Certosa di Pavia:
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A little about Pisa:
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A little about Lucca:
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A little about Milan:
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A little about the Dolomites, Trento, and Bolzano:
Photos from the Trento area:
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Photos from the Bolzano to Rittner Horn di Renon area:
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A little about Venice:
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