#folksytravel Archives • Page 19 of 56 • Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

September 15, 2024September 15, 2024

verona – Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore

just go visit this place. It’s so beautiful and has such an amazing history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_San_Zeno,_Verona

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_San_Zeno,_Verona

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

verona – around town

if you have ever heard of Shakespeare and his play called “Romeo and Juliet” then you have heard of the city of Verona in northern Italy not far from Venezia.

This is supposedly the home and the balcony of Juliet. I say “supposedly” because this house is not where she lived. At least this house, if you believe she ever existed, was not owned by the family at the time. And it is questionable the Shakespeare ever saw this house . I have been told by Verona residence, good friends of mine, that the house owned by the family was actually downtown and is now a shop.

You’re supposed to touch the boob. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s an Italian thing.

This is just a neighborhood bar and coffee shop where some Verona friends and a friend from Lake Garda gathered for a spritz and a glass of wine.

https://www.visitverona.it/en/poi/statue-of-camillo-benso-count-of-cavour

MUSEO CIVICO DI STORIA NATURALE below

It look of waking up early in the morning

MUSEO DI CASTELVECCHIO below

This is the tower which you can climb for the view

August 8, 2024August 8, 2024

before arriving in Salzburg there were a number of things I didn’t know about the city. This is where the von trapp family lived and were some of the movie for the musical “the sound of music “was made. The story played out here and we were lucky the famous UNESCO recognized marionette Playhouse in the third generation was giving a performance, “the sound of music”. Being one of my favorite musicals I had to go.

Here are some photos of the inside of the marionette theater which is 111 years old

At the end of the performance the puppeteers take a Bow. They received quite a few ovations. It was such a wonderful experience if you enjoyed the musical. The singers were relief fantastic.

August 4, 2024August 4, 2024

verona – a gentleman visits

Verona is very crowded with tourist but there are also some uncrowded places you can go which I was fortunate enough to enjoy with my friends from Verona and Guarda.

The arena is used often for opera and other events. It’s one of the older buildings in the city, more than 1500 years old.

We did not go up to the tower when the bells were ringing. It’s such a beautiful view from up here

I didn’t check this history out but it looks like a place where some bad people were hanging around

This is one of the palaces which is now a very interesting museum

Just imagine the people who painted the ceilings, lying on their back and getting perspective

I took this photo because this supposed kid looks like he’s 40 years old

It’s important to know the history of this guy. He not only influenced the Christian concepts of suffering, redemption and hell but he also standardized the Italian language.

From google map description: “The Arche Scaligere, located in Verona, are a monumental funerary complex in Gothic style of the Scaliger family intended to contain the arches (tombs) of the most illustrious representatives of the family.
The tombs are enclosed by a wrought iron enclosure in which the pattern of the staircase, a symbol of the house, is used, while the sarcophagi are located on the ground or on raised floors.
The arches are:
the ark of Cangrande I Della Scala
the ark of Mastin II
the sarcophagus of Albert I
the hanging ark of Giovanni della Scala

this is such a beautiful shop front for sausage, salami, olive oil and other necessities of Italian life.

August 4, 2024August 4, 2024

Landshut – a few notes

Landshut is a very interesting and beautiful place to visit. The old buildings, the rivers and all of the services that make it a very livable place as well. Here are just a few parting notes.

You can tell from this I like wheat beers in Germany. This is a very nice one

On the way to the castle, going up the steps, you will pass Ristorante Rossini. It is exceptional food and the service is more than you could expect from any restaurant. Just look at the fresh basil picked from the garden. In addition they are growing basil on the table so you can pick it off and put it in your food. This pizza was very delicious and the Vegetarian ravioli with the beautiful cream sauce, almost like a four cheese, was very rich but not overly.

The pizza at Pizzeria Pomodoro & Mozzarella is also exceptional. We ate here three times it was so good.

The neighboring town of Freising had some amazing history associated with one of the popes, the retired one, along with some important political stories for Bavaria.

There is constant improvement in the city. It’s such a nice place to walk around.

August 2, 2024August 2, 2024

verona – romeo and Juliet

so I think you understand the story of Romeo and Juliet. But now you are going to hear the rest of the story. This famous building, I have not conclusively determined, may or may not have been the building Shakespeare went to in describing his play. What I hear from local people is that Julia was a real person but lived in a different house in another part of town which is now a shop. But this is a nice tourist attraction where everyone is supposed to go to the bronze statue of Juliet and touch her boob. So you can go visit a house that Shakespeare may or may not have visited to try to experience a story that may or may not have happened. But the building ownership records are clear. Go to Verona and dig more for the rest of the story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet

July 14, 2024July 14, 2024

Pride Munich 2024

The Pride March was right in the center of Munich. It was interesting to see the first parade since the Phuket vegetarian festival when people stuck sharp things in their bodies (1995) and the first stage event since Tony Bennett in 2000. No, wait, Dinah Ross in 2017. There were tens of thousands of people and kilometers of people in the parade. It was quite a fun event.

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024

Euro 24 Soccer

in a few days the final game in this European soccer championship will be played and there will be a big party in the winners country. I visited when the games were in Munich. Here are some photos.

The scouts were all ready in their kilts and some and some were Pipers. They love German beer.

The BMW museum is here at the Olympic Stadium area. Here is one of their iconic classics

The Scotts were everywhere and friendly with everybody

You put some money in the machine and a robot makes your coffee for you and possibly serves you a snack

Beach volleyball along way from the beach

The Olympic swimming pool is now for Public use

Romanian fans were having a great time and singing their fan song

The Scot’s were competing with their songs and pipes. The Scots drew the biggest crowd

Hofbrau house was packed with more than 1000 customers

I didn’t know they had sales for police cars

It was nice to see a new lotus in the showroom. I remember the Elan from “the avengers”.

July 7, 2024July 7, 2024

Freising – Bavaria. 1,000 year old beer

this little town is very old and very interesting. It is where the former pope Benedict was made a priest and it has the oldest continuous brewery in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freising