TODI – A great day for photography here. A still life with an erotic eggplant; Maria; a flower pot; the pool. All with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm lens.
On this day last year: Villa Necchi.
TODI – A really long day of travel. First by van from Cortina to Venice; then hang out in the car rental agency while the find our car; then drive to Todi with a stop on the way at the Brunello Cucineli factory and outlet. We made it in time for a dazzling dinner, photographed with my Leica Monochrom and the usual lens.
On this day last year: Porta Nuova.
WEST OF CORTINA – We hiked today through a company of Alpini training on the rock faces above us. They wished not to be photographed. We ran into some fairly threatening weather but didn’t get all that wet. Black and white images taken with my Leica Monochrom; the one color images from the trip is from my Leica M.
On this day last year: Milan.
SAN CASSIANO – We’ve stayed two nights in this lovely town – in major part because of the marvelous hotel here, Rosa Alpini. We had a chance to get to know the owner, Hugo Pizzinini and his family, and Norbert Niederkofler, the Michelin two star chef who runs the restaurant in the hotel. All images taken with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Summichron Asph. lens.
Hugo at a lunch that he provided in his family’s hut on the alp above San Cassiano.
On this day last year: Detail in Milan.
THE DOLOMITES – Trekking onward. More images with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Summicron Asph. lens.
On this day last year: more Bauhaus.
THE DOLOMITES – I’m at a bit of a loss on exactly where this was taken because I’m writing this in Connecticut separated from my copy of our Italian itinerary. Next trip I’ll use the iPhone’s gps to help document were I’ve been. So we’ll just look at the pictures, taken with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Summicron Asph. lens, rather than write about them. The first image is six frames stitched.
On this day last year: Todi and Milan. On this day last year we drove from Todi to Milan, an itinerary that we will repeat this year later in our journey.
SCHUTZHAUS TIERSER ALPL – The hardest day in our trek. A long, long uphill slog from Schlern to this refugio in a high saddle. We sleep here in bunk bed accomodations and have a relatively simple meal – our only simple dinner of the entire trip. Well worth the effort. All images with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Summicron Asph. lens.
On this day last year: Todi. Todi is actually our next stop (after the Dolomites) in this year’s trip.
