Bolzano/Bozen - Christmas

Morning light in Streitergasse

Bolzano/Bozen - Christmas

 Last days before Christmas - almost all windows are now open.

 Christkindlmarkt on Walther Square.

 Paintings by pupils from Alfieri school.

Bolzano/Bozen - Late Afternoon Traffic Patterns

Sunset in Bolzano. Traces of airlines in the sky. In the foreground the Eisack/Isarco river.

Trieste

 I've completed now my blog with images from a journey to Trieste (end of May 2011).
See more here >>.

11.11 (St Martin) - Larches and a Dandelion

 Larches finally have put on their fall colours.

Pictures taken near 'Schermoos', Jenesien

But what's the matter with this dandelion, very solitary and completely off season?

Autumn

Lake in Wolfsgruben/Costalovara (Ritten/Renon)

Autumn

 Birches shining in the last sun rays

Pictures taken in 'Rundlhof', near Schabs/Sciaves (Bressanone/Brixen)

Bolzano/Bozen - Pigeons

Autumn. Picture taken in the Talfer Park

Altenburg/Castelvecchio - St. Kummernus

 Altenburg is a tiny hamlet near Kaltern with some remarkable remnants of older times (see also 2 older posts on this blog: 2008 May 15 and 2008 May 23)

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Kaltern/Caldaro

Kaltern/Caldaro, about 15 km from Bolzano, is very famous for its wine production.

The funicular
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Bolzano - Eisack River

 The Eisack/Isarco River in Bolzano, just after the Loreto bridge. Rapids on the one side (image above) - quiet like a pond on the other side (image below).

In between I caught this heron, a rare species to be seen in Bolzano.

In springtime you can observe here various families of ducks - female ducks with their ducklings at the first outings in the river, a veritable kinderstube for these tiny youngsters.

Trekking in the Desert

 Images from a 9 day trekking in the desert, Morocco (see more here >>).

Bolzano/Bozen - Remembering the Old Theater

Exhibition on the Old Theater (more ...).
The old theater had a rather short life: opened in 1918 it fell in ruins after bombardements in WWII (1943)

Below: the New Theater