NEAR PARMA ITALY – We took a bike ride today visiting local farms and dairies. Here is what Parma ham looks like on the hoof.
Day 2480 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 654): Lamu.
POLSINE ITALY = Back here for one last night and Antica Corte Pallavicina. I shot a selfie and the bathtub in out bedroom, and a guardrail from our bike ride earlier in the day,
Day 2479 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day six years ago (day 288): Hell’s Kitchen.
MANTUA ITALY – On our way back from Modena we took a day-long side trip to the historic and lovely Lombard city. All images taken with my Leica Monochrom. The first three images are from Modena. Interiors and wide exteriors are multiple frames stitched.
Day 2478 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 2113): alley.
MODENA ITALY – We’ve come here to have dinner tonight at Massimo Bottura’s restaurant, Osteria Francesca, which has been crowned as this year’s best restaurant in the world. We had a lovely time with Massimo and his wife Lara, and indeed dinner was one of the best meals that we’ve ever had.
Day 2477 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 2112): Manhattan.
EMILIA-ROMAGNA ITALY – Were bicycling here on electric assisted bikes that level the rolling terrain to make it manageable on a hot day. I didn’t use GPS on these shots so I’m not exactly certain about where we are.
Day 2476 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1746): Warren.
POLSINE ITALY – This has been a long and rewarding day: on Porquerolles we were driven to the ferry landing, took the ferry to the mainland, took a taxi to the Toulon airport where we rented a car for the rest of our trip. Then the five hour drive to this tiny village in northern Emilia-Romagna were we are staying at a small hotel in a converted 15th Century customs house on the banks of the Po River. Amelia-Romana is one of the culinary capitals of the world, famous for its pasta, parmesan cheese (Parma is a half-hour’s drive from here) and amazing prosciutto and culatello.
The landscape here is dominated by the tallest electrical transmission tower that I’ve ever seen. Because of their great height these towers are spaced very far apart. One can speculate why they were built this way. Perhaps to put the electromagnetic radiations a large distance away from the brown cows, a heritage breed of cow much prized in this area for parmesan and butter production. It’s part of the genius of the Italian landscape that all of this, the village, the customs house, a tiny church and the tower all seem to coexist in visual harmony.
Day 2475 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1745): Shepherds Bush.
PORQUEROLLES FRANCE – there seems to be some disagreement as to how the name of the island is spelled. I’ve gone with the version with a “q” today.
Day 2474 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day four years ago (day 1013: Saratoga
