White and yellow tulip

A tulip in Sigurtà Garden Park

Viking ship, fjord and haze - Gudvangen, Nærøyfjord, Norway

This summer we made a truly spectacular trip through Norway.
Here is how beautiful a morning could looks like from Gudvangen.

A morning in Gudvangen, at the end of Nærøyfjord

Yellow butterfly with green eyes

Title say it all... :-)

Shot with my new gear: Sony A6500, Sony 18-105mm F4 + Hoya Pro1 Digital CLOSE-UP No.3 72mm :-)

Orchidaceae

This is our new houseplant, we call it 'Orchi' :-)

A weekend in Merano: nice views, walks, and Christmas market

Recently I've spent a weekend in Merano.
It's a very nice place to spend some days: a nice town to wander around, many excursion paths, nice views, and Christmas market between 25-Nov and 06-Jan.

Here are some photos from this weekend, enjoy!

Merano
 

Bistrot La Piazza, just above the Terme car parking, cappuccino and pastries are very good!

 

St. Nicholas Church (here)

Sissi statue

St. Nicholas Church (here)

St. Nicholas Church

Downtown shopping...

Rainer, a very good restaurant where you can eat great local cuisine dishes

Passirio river

Sissi statue

 

Passirio river near Ponte Romano

Ponte Romano

Ponte Romano

Scenic view from Ponte Romano

Winter Promenade

In Merano you can find many hiking trails, here is a photo with a map of some walks. The original map is here.

Hotel Wiesenhof
We have spent the night at the Hotel Wiesenhof.
It's a very nice hotel at just 2 km from Merano center. The staff is very kind, the restaurant is very good, and the garden looks fantastic ((there is also a very nice internal swimming pool, probably the best swimming pool I've seen in an hotel... but I left my camera in the room, so I have no photos :-) )

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Merano Christmas Market

 

Iseo lake view at sunset - The trees and the bench

Iseo lake at Sunset, a view
(click image to see a hi-res version)