summer in italy, IT

our stops in italy were: 

• kloster neustift (abbazia di novacella) ~ our yearly 3 days seminar for south tirol's teachers' organization ASM ~ we love to do s.th. new each time, so this time we swum in the ice cold eisack river (isarco) and spent 1 night in the nearby hotel brückenwirt, which we knew only as restaurant & beergarden guests before ~ yes, we love südtirol (south tirol) 💝
• bozen (bolzano) ~ my wife + me were witnesses to a marriage. did you know that for a german couple it is easier and especially faster to arrange a marriage in south tirol than in munich? and that it is automatically & legally valid as a marriage for german authorities?
• hiking tour from the fane alm (fanealm) to the labeseben alm (2138m) and further to the lake wilder see (2538m) in the german speaking part of the italian alps. folks, i've seen a real capricorn up there! the stars formation? no, the alpine ibex (steinbock) 🐐. my dears, there was no wikipedia page for this beautiful and also deepest mountain lake in south tirol, thus i've created a new one here: wiki - wilder see (südtirol). it took me maybe 30 minutes, so i'm curious if the page will survive or if wikipedia deletes it due to low quality, violation of some editing rules or the like 😇
• dosoledo belluno ~ a small village in the italian speaking part of the italian alps
• sistiana ~ at the cliff coast segment of the northern italian adria
• nuovo duino castle (novi devinski grad) ~ strange, the slovenian name for this castle 'devinski grad' is identical to castle devin in slovakia close to bratislava. just in case you didnt know, in that part of italy lives many slovenes, so the banners, road signs & other information is written in both languages, italian and slovenian
• miramar castle (miramare) close to triest (trieste) ~ built between 1856 and 1860 for the austrian navy chief commander, ferdinand maximilian habsburg, the brother of the austrian emperor, franz josef I and for his wife, the belgian princess leopoldine. maximilian later became the emperor of mexico, too 

neustift aka novacella:

the wolkenstein lounge in the neustift monastery was

my mobile work office for few days. nice, isnt it?

the engelsburg castle in neustift functions as an arts gallery today

chess with 32 queens and much more below by artist egon k., www.daporta.com

i love arts and the best of all wives, you see? 😃

we + the water rescue guys swum in the ice cold eisack river (isarco). unlike the exercising guys, we have had no neoprene suits ☃

my hiking tour today (2.5-3h up and a little bit faster down) ~ 

fanealm + labiseben alm + lake wilder see (2538m)

fanealm ~ fane alm

labeseben alm (2138m)

finally, lake wilder see (2538m)

 lake wilder see (2538m)

formal marriage + wedding in bozen / bolzano

 ... MORE COMING SOON ... 

more pictures here.

our 2023 summer time impresssions here.