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"There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo.

"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it, to tell the tale." Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel García Márquez.

"They never taught wandering in any school I attended. ... they never taught the art of writing a book, either. It's all so mysterious."
"Wandering is an art in itself. Wandering and writing don't mix"
"Writing demands commitment and if one thing your wanderer is allergic to is that very quality of commitment, for once one is committed he runs that very risk of failure ..." Wanderer - Sterling Hayden.

"Photography enables you to grasp a place first time round. ... Photography is a means of exploration, it's a vital part of travel, almost as essential as a car or a plane. " - Wim Wenders.

"The worst prejudice we acquire during our youth is the idea that life is serious. Children have the right instincts: they know that life is not serious, and treat it as a game..." , Egon Friedell.

"How far you gonna go. Before you lose your way back home" - Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Achtung Baby, U2.

"If you want to be a hero well just follow me." - Working Class Hero, John Lennon.

"When I think of all the things I have done, I know that it's only just begun." - I love you, Lou Reed.

"One does not escape the Sahara - the Sahara let's you go or not" - Touareg.

"Planet earth is blue and there`s nothing I can do" - This is Ground Control to Major Tom, David Bowie.

"Glory for the crazy people/in this stupid world" - Ahmed Fouad Negm.

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Repubblica Italiana. A Giro d'Italia.

Map of Italy.

Repubblica Italiana. Highlights.

Pictures link to stories!

under pigeons, Milan.
Under pigeons, Milan. Aug2010.
Ocre building shines and white taxis.
Ocre building shines and white taxis.
Rockband performing in Circolo degli Artisti.
Rockband performing in Circolo degli Artisti. Aug2010.
Cupola inside of Saint Peter Basilica, Rome.
Cupola inside of Saint Peter Basilica, Rome. Aug2010.
Trajan, Vatican Museum.
Trajan, Vatican Museum. Aug2010.
Hasna in Southern Spain, on our way to Morocco.
Hasna in Southern Spain, on our way to Morocco.
Gorse? in Spain.
Gorse? in Spain.
Sardinia, clouds.
Sardinia clouds.
Siracusa, Cathedral.
Siracusa Cathedral, baloons.
Comiso Duomo.
Comiso, Duomo, it is getting very hot.
Mount Etna.
Mount Etna, girl on snow.
Taormina, Daniel and David.
Taormina, David and Daniel.
Locorotondo centro storico, Trulli country.
Locorotondo centro storico, Trulli country.
Troia Cathedral.
Troia Cathedral.
Sassi di Matera.
Sassi di Matera.
Paestum Greek Temples.
Paestum Greek Temple.
Orvieto Duomo rose window.
Orvieto Duomo rose window.
Gubbio Piazza Grande.
Gubbio Piazza Gande.
Firenze Cathedral.
Firenze/Florence Cathedral.
Pisa Leaning Tower.
Pisa leaning Tower.
Alpi Apuane, Lago Vaglio, Monte Pisamino.
Alpi Apuane, Lago Vaglio, Monte Pisamino.
Twins in Bologna.
Twins in Bologna.

Italy 2010, Journey after the return from the Northkapp, with my boys.

Also 9 days in Rome.

Italy 2007.

Beers in Italy.

Peroni, Forst, Moretti, Nastro Azzuro, Ichnusa, Dreher, Messina.

Peroni was the best, Messina the worst. Ichnusa is from Sardinia, Forst from the Alto Adige.

But Heinekens and Becks are taking over, and Dutch? Bavaria (disgusting) sometimes in plastic bottles. And - who really wants Kronbacher and Warsteiner and Löwenbäu down here??

Highlights, pictures are linked with the story.

Milano boys capture pigeons.
Milano, Rome 2010.
Mount|Monte Etna, Sicily|Sicilia, Italy, Italia, Girl in hot pants on snow on Mount Etna.
Mount Etna, Sicily, Jun2007.
Twins Daniel and David, Italy, Italia.
Twins Daniel and David.
Firenze|Florence basilica, front of cathedral, Italy, Italia, Maria del Fiore.
Maria del Fiore, Firenze.
Apuan Apls, Alpi Apouane, Monte Pisamino, Vagli Sotto, Lake in front of mountain, reflection, early morning picture, Italy|Italia.
Alpi Apouane May2007.

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