As the weather was not warm enough for a long trip to the sea and my health was not good enough for a run I rode my motorbike to one of the sites of the Parco Naturale Delta Po (Link!) and took a walk. Spring is coming!!
In the park... (Click on the picture for full gallery)
On the trip back I stopped at Piazza Maggiore for the “Scienza in Piazza” exhibition that was taking place also in Palazzo Re Enzo, allowing me a photo of Neptune from an unusual angle.
Neptune from above
A great weekend in the mountains lies behind me. Two days of so much snow as never seen before and one day of magnificent weather and fantastic views of the Brenta Dolomites. After thinking about what to write, I finally decided to simply let the images speak for themselves.
So, here is the link to my complete picture gallery (two examples below):
Dolomiti in the clouds
Snow & sun
And there is also a video channel on youtube!!! (Click for link)
Finally, some thanks goes to our accomodation at the “Kaiserkrone” in Dimaro. The rooms were very nice, the people were friendly and the breakfast was… let’s say “typically italian” – and everything at a reasonable price. And they really have had Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I. (aka Cecco-Beppe, in Italy, thanks Jacopo) as their guest some years ago! Check the “History” section on what might be the worst looking homepage in the country (click here)!
This weekend featured a quick 2-day trip to one of Italy’s most famous mountain resorts: Madonna di Campiglio. The Cimone winter sports crew (see post below) was reinforced by Jacopo another great practitioner of the sports executed on 1-2 boards over frozen water. Pictures to follow, because I forgot my camera in Bologna… 
Here is one shot taken from the Web:
Madonna mountain panorama
We spent two days on the slopes and spent an overnight in a small village named Terzolas where stayed at a very nice B&B-plus-Osteria spending 30 Euro each on the overnight as well as on an excellent dinner. (Save this link somewhere should you plan to travel to Trentino / Val di Sole) in the near future.)
Today I went with my classmates Jelena and Rocco to the ski resort of Monte Cimone in the Appenines south of Modena. For me the first time to ski “outside” of the Alps. It was fantastic! Blue skies, enough natural snow and approximately 25cm of fresh powder to top it off… skiing on slopes does not get much better than this.
Snow and sun!
So another birthday. As our marketing professor said, after asking for my age: “As long as it’s lees than 40, it’s still o.k.” Well, great. Thanks, man!
But I am not going to enter the league of age complaining people, not even at 37…
Especially not, after a great week with…
- Presents for my birthday and the whole MBA class singing “Happy Bithday” for me
- A fun night out in pub on Nov. 11 (And, what needs to be mentioned: 49 visits here on duetorri on my birthday!! Thanks!)
- An excellent Jazz concert featuring Milton Nascimiento at the Bologna Jazz Festival (Link added!)
- A 16-person Lasagne fiesta in our apartment
- A sunny sunday and a nice exercising walk up to Santuario San Luca – a Sanctuary featuring a byzantine Icon of Mary with the child Jesus that has allegedly been painted by the Evangelist Luke (Click on the picture for my full gallery!!)
Santuario di San Luca
A weekend busy with studying, partying, recovering from partying, more studying and hiking lies behind me.
On the way to Monte Cocomero
For the ones among you interested in the nature experience – CLICK HERE!
And for those among you who can afford 6 minutes for a good laugh on U.S. politics – CLICK HERE!
A short post on a long hike…
Oana from Romania and András from Hungary helped me celebrate the Austrian National Holiday in the traditional way of “Fit mach mit” by hiking with me up Monte Adone, to be seen in the background.
The Monte Adone expedition team
See the full photo album on Picasa!
Enough for now, need to get sleep to meet with Roberto Nicastro tomorrow… might probably ask him about the fair price for UniCredit shares these days…
Unicredit shares on 26/Oct/2008
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