Sunny monday!

Veronetta's mood

Bike riding at Castelvecchio

The newsagent's bicycle

Behind the newsagent's kiosk on the medieval walls.

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Just like that.

Parona, a few miles from Verona, walking near the river Adige banks.

Carlo Scarpa's BPV Building

I often see groups of university students gathered in front of this facade, with their professor pointing out details, or photographers lingering near and studying angles.

This is part the BPV building (Banca Popolare Verona, one of the leading italian bank groups) an outstanding work of Carlo Scarpa's.

Scarpa was one of the finest italian architects of '900 and Verona treasures another one of

his famous works, the Museo di Castelvecchio.

Rainy morning

Oh, fashion!

That lovely red skirt

BICYCLES/At the Alimentari

When I was little there was a shop like this one near our home. My mum used to shop there every day. We didn't have any big (or even medium size!) supermarkets, back in our small town in Tuscany. The "alimentari" is a little drugstore that sells  basic, everyday stuff like bread, pasta, coffee, salumi and cheese, a bit of fruit and vegs, canned tomatoes, biscuits and bit of cleaners. 

I snapped this photo as I was stuck at the traffic light! The window reflects the buildings and the sky in front of the shop.

Ferry, bicycle and Vespa

A quiet sunset on the Lake Garda, a few days ago. The temperature was mild and the waters were incredibly still. We watched the ferry as it moored and a lot of passengers stepped on the pier.

BICYCLES/3 White marble, black bike

This is my third post of the Bicycles series. I took a few months ago, on a chilly and dark late afternoon, as I was walking home. The bike was left against the marble step that holds the huge columns of San Niccolò's Church. The tall lamps cast a nice light on this corner and the B/W version makes it look almost like a neorealism movie scene...

Bikes at Arco dei Gavi

I recently started a "bicycles series" and this is my second entry. 

Behind this lovely red bike you can see the Arco dei Gavi and a part of Castelvecchio that hosts the art museum. 

The Arco dei Gavi was built in the 1st century AD in honour of the Gavi family, very important members of the Veronese roman society. It was built about a hundred meters to the left (the roman Via Postumia, now Corso Castelvecchio) and demolished by the French rule in 1805 when Napoleone ordered that the arch be moved because it constituted an obstacle for the french army to pass. The white limestone blocks were moved away and left over until 1932 when it was rebuilt here.

Whenever I get close to the Arch and see the complexity of the structure I think of how hard it must have been to rebuild it...

BICYCLES The postman's bike

I have been photographing many bicycles lately. They steal my attention, especially if they are old looking and black or if the setting is interesting. 

I have long been thinking about starting a series starring this fantastic mean of transport and why not doing it today with this nice shot!

I took just this morning in the sunny Piazza dei Signori. The postman had just arrived and gone into the restaurant with a handful of mail to deliver. I quickly shot and soon he was back to ride his yellow Poste Italiane bike...