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Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts

17 May 2012

Ciao, bella Italia!

And the beautiful countryside that is Mercatale.

I visited a good friend of mine in this lovely town (though apparently EXTREMELY lame, as said by a 40-year resident we met at the bus stop) in the countryside near Bologna, Italy.  Picturesque rolling hills dotted with vineyards, all in the bloom of spring.

There were also many seedlings in the air and covering the grass like summer snow.  They were so light and fluffy and at one point on our early evening walk we found ourselves enswarmed with these cotton-like seeds.  It was very surreal.  I took a short video as still photos couldn't quite capture the feeling...

21 February 2012

Take a bow, the night is over...

...this masquerade is getting older.


And now we say good-bye to the Fastnacht season.


Bring on the spring!