Dancing in the Street
Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2011 Filed under: WordsWordsWords | Tags: hostel, italy, university Leave a commentThis weekend, in the same older section of town where the street fair was, there was a fashion show, or dance-off, or something.
Fashion show?
Dance-off?
I may never know, but there was definitely a red carpet.
Also, in the top-left, the outside of one of Savona’s more archetypical big-ass churches. So that’s done, at least until the next time I am out that way and think about it. This church is basically in an alley. In fact, that’s the case with a few big-ass churches in town. My best guess is that there was plenty of space from which to gaze upon its magnificence when they built it four-hundred years ago, but somewhere along the line, other people decided adjacent land was just too valuable.
Also there, at least briefly, was this piece of history:
A Jaguar XK140, manufactured some time between 1954 and 1957. Yeah, Wikipedia's awesome; why do you ask?
And while on the topic of autos, proof Ford hates America:
Savona at a Glance and Other Stories
Posted: Friday, September 9, 2011 Filed under: WordsWordsWords | Tags: catholic, church, fortress, hostel, italy, savona, seminary 4 CommentsSavona is a smaller city, with a population of about 60,000, an hour west of Genoa by train. It is on the Mediterranean coast of Northern Italy. Here’s a map.
There's a little Google Map marker where I am right now.
So yeah, I can walk to the beach. There are a few hotels right there. I’m not sure if it’s really much of a tourist destination. It’s small enough so Americans don’t know about it unless they really know Italy. You can probably vouch for this yourself.
It has a rich history, that I don’t really know much about. It’s been around forever. And a half. There’s a fortress.
The fortress.
You can walk right in at any hour of day or night. A large part of the structure appears to be being used for office space now. Really. Those windows have modern glass. There is a nice restaurant behind the wall on the right side of the frame. There is also graffiti. A lot of it. There and throughout the city. It’s kind of ridiculous.
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