Carcassone

It’s like walking around  in the board game. 

Venice and more memories

My dad loved Venice

and so do I.

Florence

We arrived in Florence on Friday the third of May. We’d come by train from Montevarchi. The whole trip we passed small rundown stations, so when we arrived at Florence  station we were surprised at how big and modern it was (even though Papi continuously said it was). First we went to Michelangelo’s sculpture of David. But we couldn’t get in so we went to see Donatello’s David (David and Goliath). I thought it looked gentile, David stands in a very female position and looks like a child. Michelangelo’s Bacchus (Roman god of wine) looks dizzy and unsteady, like he is about to fall over. Made for Raffaele Riario whom rejected it and was sold instead to Jacopo Galli. Giambologna’s Mercury is supposed to look as if floating but it doesn’t give much of that impression to me.

Bacchus

We saw all these in Nazionale del Bargello.

Donatello’s David

Michelangelo’s David

Venice – the Guggenheim museum

Pisa photo-shoot

When we went to Pisa, we went to the leaning tower of Pisa. Everyone there put their hands out and pretended to lean against it. My dad asked us before hand to think of something different to do. The day came that we all went to Pisa. It was a long drive, but we finally got there. We didn’t go straight to the tower, first we went to find somewhere to eat. The tower was in view. After lunch we went to the tower. We went to a very green spot. We did Yannay’s idea first. Yannay’s idea was: Yannay and me leaning on the tower while reading a book.

After that it was my dad’s turn

Then came my turn. I did:

taking a bite of a cake

Then it was my mom’s turn. She did:

Us all except my dad in a line beside each other not in front or behind and leaning against it. It did not work.

So we tried other poses:

I had another idea, but we  were leaving.

Afterwards we went opposite  the restaurant that we ate at. It was a Gelateria (ice cream) but there were crepes, so me and Daniela ate crepes.

This is my drawing of a randomly coloured leaning tower of Pisa.

Lido di Jesolo – memories from my childhood

We arrived to Lido de Jesolo to refresh memories of the vaccations in my childhood. Getting out of the car was a challenge. The winds were so strong that we could hardly open the doors. The next day the storm had calmed down and we went for a walk. We built a sandcastle and were surprised by pouring rain again. Soaking wet we made our way to the car to drive to Venice.

Sienna

From our little house in the Tuscan paradise we went on trips to Sienna, Florence and Pisa.

-on the Piazza del campo, Sienna

-the heart of the town and a beautiful square with a wonderful atmosphere. After a 600 year old tradition this square turns twice a year into a track for the famous Palio horse race.

-and hundreds of stairs worth climbing for this view

Welcome to Paradise

this is our little house in Tuscany

Welcome to Paradise. The irony of vandalism about paradise

with a view like this

room to play

and paths leading through a forest

Istanbul

Blue Mosque

Hagia Sophia former Church – now transformed into a mosque

Avia and Sarcophagi in the archeological museum

animal from the Ishtar Gate of Babylonbuilt by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 575 B.C.

in front of the Mosque – washing before the prayers

incredible spice shop market

A great day at the dead sea and camel riding

Yan reading Exodus in the perfect place

Dani and Jessi floating in the dead sea

celebrating Aharon at Abraham’s tent

cousins