by Simone on April 20, 2009 // 10 Comments »

Off to Italy!!

For some reason I have only ever been to Italy one day… Yes ladies and gentleman one lousy and waaay too short day! We’ve been planning to go to Italy for years really as we both love Italy and the Italian food, but for some reason the destinations of our holidays always changed to be different. Maybe because Italy is so close, but I can’t really think of a good reason. I had the luck that I could travel for my previous job to Italy once and we spend the night in a beautiful little town of Mantova (close to Verona) where I took the photo you see above. It was really a lucky shot as it was late in the evening and I did not bring a tripod ofcourse, so this was handheld with a shutterspeed of 1/10s at iso 1600, but it is – apart from noisy – miraculously sharp! We only stayed there for one night coming in late in the evening and we had to be at a factory the day after which basically meant we would not be able to see anything of the town at all. So instead of accepting that fact I chose to get up at 5 am in the morning and take a morning walk through the slowly awakening town of Mantova and that was a truly magical moment! It was a beautiful day so the sun was just coming out. It was cold (it was februari) but so beautiful!

Mantova

I do have more photos but I can’t find them anywhere… Those where taken back in the days when my filing system was not so good! Not that it is perfect now, but at least I can find things back..:)

Anyway, tomorrow I am going to Italy with a friend for 5 days!! She is buying an appartment or a little house there and we are going househunting. Her husband had to work, so I’m going along for the company. Needless to say that househunting is just one of the things we will be doing there. We’re flying to Verona, staying in a hotel in Sirmione and – of all places – we’re also going to look at a house very close to Mantova! What are the chances??

So if it is gonna be a little quiet here, you know that I am not here. I might be able to post still via my blackberry, but the pictures will be crappy and I won’t be able to read comments but hey, I’m only gonna be gone for 5 days anyway!

posted in Europe, travel

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Peter G — April 20, 2009 at 12:16

Have fun and don’t worry about not posting! Enjoy Italia Simone…and eat well!

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Christelle — April 20, 2009 at 13:12

Ah lucky you!1

have fun in Italy, I’m looking forward to see the photos when you’re back!

as far as the filing is concerned,
I’m quite organised, and I find my filing works well so I’ll share with you:
my files are in such folders:
’2009/2009-04-20 Pasta pesto + red salad’
I create a folder for each day and add a little description of the day shoot.
I use lightroom and tag my photos as I upload them, searches are very easy, also lightroom allows to classify the photos in collections
example, all the salads shoots are in a collection and all the pasta in another one, etc… (lightroom collections allow overlap too).
Also if you lose your lightroom catalog for some reasons, the photos are still tagged and classified
Hope that helps

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lisaiscooking — April 20, 2009 at 15:26

Sounds like so much fun. Have a great trip!

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Esi — April 20, 2009 at 16:59

Have a wonderful trip!

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Olga — April 20, 2009 at 17:02

Have a fabulous time!! Eat a lot of great food and see many fabulous places!
I’ve never been, but it’s deifinitely on my wish list.

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Hélène — April 20, 2009 at 18:47

Have a great trip. Can’t wait to see the pictures.

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Coco Bean — April 20, 2009 at 22:03

Wow, if I was that close I would go once a year! When I was 18 I went to Italy for an art course and lived in Sienna for a month. It was beautiful and my first time away from home! I spent the morning in a beautiful church garden painting and drawing, and in the afternoon we visited all the beautiful churches for an art lesson. It was back in 2001 so I had a point and shoot camera and took 15 rolls of film! If you get the chance go to Florence or Sienna, you wont be dissapointed. Have a great trip, I’m so jelous!

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foodbin — April 21, 2009 at 06:35

enjoy yourself put your posting on autopilot! lol

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nina — April 21, 2009 at 08:31

Please do NOT forget the tripod this time, take lots of beautiful pictures and EAT WELL!!But most importantly…HAVE FUN!!!!!

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Jeanne — April 23, 2009 at 12:35

Oh, I thought that looked familiar! We visited Mantova last year when I was in Italy with family – what a beautiful town! Enjoy your trip

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