If you are at San Francisco, I will suggest you Cafe Claude for a very good dinner.

I have tried there a seared ahi tuna and a very nica peppercorn sauce, leaving on the table only 40$, but with a very nice memory of it.

Ecco alcune foto del Viaggio in Polinesia:

Percorrendo la statale uno da San Francisco a Los Angeles, abbiamo avuto la fortuna di vedere un altro spaccato della California.

Dopo Monterey, siamo arrivati ad una piccola citta’ chiamata Santa Maria. Santa Maria e’ sviluppata in orizzontale invece che in verticale: non ci sono grattacieli ma solo case da uno-due piani.

I motel sono piatti, tutti al piano terra, la citta’ e’ piatta e ripetitiva, un dedalo di strade poco strutturate. La seconda lingua piu’ parlata e’ lo spagnolo. I latinos lavorano nei fast food e come addetti alle pulizie.
Mentre andavamo via, abbiamo visto una serie di persone protestare di fronte alla sede della Chase Bank, con cartelli che facevano riferimento alla crisi finanziaria in atto, certamente piu’ sentita qui che nella ricca San Francisco.

Los Angeles

La riccezza di Los Angeles e’ ambigua:le ville di Beverly Hills sembrano chiuse e sprangate, quasi come se fosse un gigantesco quartiere fantasma. C’e’ un po’ di vita intorno ai negozi di Rodeo Drive, ma si tratta soprattutto di turisti.

Vicino a Rodeo Drive e a Beverly Hills. si dipanano quartieri squallidi, ed anche la stessa Hollywood Boulevard ricorda piu’ una strada di periferia piena di negozi pacottiglia, che vendono costumi, chitarre, trucchi di magia, e vestitini da sexy shop.

La prima cosa che mi ha colpito della california è il gigantismo. Dalle sequoie giganti alle strade, ai grattaceli è tutto tre volte piú grande di quello che ti aspetti. Temi che l’accoglienza sia fredda ma poi a San Francisco sono tutti gentili e molto alla mano.
Ci sono moltissime regole da rispettare: i fast food possono rifiutarsi di servirti o applicare una maggiorazione del 15% se si è più di cinque persone.
Il jukebox cerca di spillarti mezzo dollaro a canzone, ma è disposto a fartene ascoltare tre se gli dai un dollaro.
Tutto è pragmatico: dai rubinetti delle vasche alle regole stradali, che ti consentono di superare sia destra che a sinistra.

Hi guys!

My last revival trip before wedding was on Munchen.
This trip will be strong reviewd reviewd after the wedding, in the meantime I’ll summarize here the better parts.
On 9th April we took the train to Bressanone , where we had a small rest of one nigh.

Bressanone by night (at the right) was a very plesant experience.

The day after, we explored the small Bressanone, finding some neat paitings in the church’s garden (chiostro): one of them spotted daemons near Adam and Eva.

Bressanone was a very pleasant stop, the people was nice with us. We loved the “monks’ beer”. Also the hotel, Garni Cremona, was pleasant and we higly suggest it, especially if you like japan garden; by the way it is also near a big commercial center.

Then with my friend Andrea we went to Munchen, arriving in the middle of the evening. We look for dinner, after staying a bit to the royal gardens.

The 11th of April we kept a train to Fussel, the site chosen by  Ludwig II for building one of its more famous castle, the Neuschwanstein.

The train took about two hours, and we enjoy a small japan baby, traing to keep him quite inventing a very huge set of jokes.

The sunday (12th) was my last day trip, and I spend it in Munich, looking for Paintings and the Main Museum.

Anyway, in my heart the big green areas remain the best thing I experienced, with the good beers as a nice plus.

Estonia is a very wonderful place.

I have thinked it’d be funny to compose a small story about it, instead of the photos alone. So I have done a small “comic adventure” using the fantastic ComicLife product of Plasq. If you have a mac you must try it!

I was in Germany this spring.
I was in Hambug, Lubeck and Bremen, enjoing a lot.

German people was kind with me.

Hi!
I have just finished a special trip di switzerland.

You can watch

my excusions looking here.
We liked a lot the people, very very kindly with us.
The weather was very warm, and we get lost (again!) on the 31th of october, just when Halloween special was carrying out!

We went to Zurich, then we point to Lucern and San Gallo.
Please give me your comments.

My Praga 2004 trip was the first made after a long time.
I have done a lot of photos and liked it a lot.

The city is very interesting and special.
The Ghotic style of Prague is very nice, and I reccomend you to see it in Autumn, for the beautiful colors you can enjoy