Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

July 23, 2023July 23, 2023

Brescia-near Lake Garda

This is a nice small town. Where are you can stay if lake Garda is too expensive for your taste. It’s a short train ride from the lake and also not too far from Verona.

This is an amazing clock based on the 24 hour dial but most of it I could not figure out.

This is the Duomo, the main cathedral, built in the middle ages and keeping its style. It is not the largest cathedral in the city, but it is one of the most interesting Duomo I’ve ever seen.

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

Egypt in Torino

The Egyptian Museum in Torino is very interesting. I recommend visiting if you are in town.

If you were important you could take all kinds of animals with you to the next world. Problem was they had to be killed to accompany you.

A famous counsel. He had a very elaborate coffin

Inscriptions inside had a purpose. Need to study more.

the left end of the bed had the headrest, similar to those used by the upper crust of old Japanese society.

a far cry from the last room of the museum

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

Torino is known for the rename of a Ford model “Grand Torino” (Clint Eastwood movie as well), but also for the Shroud of Turin. It is a city of big, long buildings laid out in a very orderly fashion according to some grand plan, not like a city built around a medieval castle or town. What it does have is a nice collection of Egyptian artifacts you will see in another phlog and cheap, tasty pizza, at Mister Pizza, 6 Euro or slightly more. The name sounds like a franchise but this is a nice, family run parlor with surprisingly nice/spicy flavors.

I think they are Sicilians, maybe from Trapani

July 16, 2023July 16, 2023

Matterhorn

July 16, 2023July 16, 2023

Rotenboden-Mountain View

Going up to Rotenboden, not the top of the train, was 110 Euro/person. you can go on a more expensive gondola to a glacier for a different view

this glacier will disappear in the near future

July 16, 2023July 16, 2023

Zermatt-Door to Matterhorn

another day, another town. but this town was on my bucket list

Zermatt is at the foot of the mountain range that includes the Matterhorn. We stayed at the Hotel Bahnhof, right next to the station, and turned out is the hotel many Japanese mountain climbers stayed for decades. A plaque on the outside memorializes their thanks to the hotel’s support and kindness.