(Or: what I did on my vacation.)
(Oppure: che cosa ho fatto durante la festa della Liberazione.)
Last week I finally got around to visiting Villa Carlotta, further down the lake in Tremezzo. The garden is renowned, in particular for its azaleas and rhododendrons-- and right now they are in full bloom!
Azaleas the size of tour buses and rhododendrons as tall as houses-- unbelievable. With Lake Como and Bellagio as a backdrop, and behind them a line of snow-capped mountains-- you must go there.
Go there now.
La settimana scorsa sono finalmente andata a Villa Carlotta, piu lontano sul lago a Tremezzo. Il giardino e famoso, innanzitutto per le azalea e i rhododendri-- ed adesso sono in piena fioritura! Azalea grandi come pullman e rhododendri alti come case-- incredibile. Con Lago di Como e Bellagio in sfondo, e dietro le montagne nevose-- dovete andarci. Ci andate ora.
And then go to Venice, but not to Venice itself (yes, okay, go, it's a must, even though Piazza San Marco is chock-a-block with pigeon shit and tourists): take a water taxi across the Venetian lagoon to the island of Torcello, have lunch at the Locanda Cipriani, and gaze across their garden at the centuries-old churches of Santa Fosca and Santa Maria Assunta. Mamma mia.
E poi andate a Venezia, ma non proprio Venezia (va bene, si deve andarci, anche se Piazza San Marco e piena di guano di piccione e turisti): prendete un vaporetto attraverso la laguna veneziana all' isola di Torcello, pranzate alla Locanda Cipriani, e guardate le chiese antiche Santa Fosca e Santa Maria Assunta attraverso il suo giardino. Caspita.
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Posted by SoKnitpicky | 28 April 2008 - 11:29am
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