Hattem Pano
Hattem is an medieval town and it was, like Zutphen, one of the Hanze towns along the IJssel. On the left of the photo the remaining town gate with a nice silhouet..
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There are many elm trees in Amsterdam despite the “Dutch” elm disease. This one is next to a tall building so its branches grow in only one direction.
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A heavily laden sky which I shot from the car on my way to the Sunday market in Amsterdam. It looks a bit threatening, but the weather stayed friendly during the day.
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In the old days these ‘bakfietsen’ transported almost everything. Now trendy parents use them for their children.
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Back to our Italian holiday in the summer of last year. This moon we saw from our room on a Chianti hilltop.
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A walk to a restaurant on the next hill took us along this tiny village, with a small but beautiful church.
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The lanes between the market stalls on the market of Greve-in-Chianti were covered with these awnings against the glaring sun.
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Just after I took this photo the old woman turned around and looked at me very suspiciously.
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The veneration of Mary is still an important part of Catholic life in Italy. This is in a country church in Chianti.
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Most of the wayside chapels are dedicated to Mary and the fine shade of blue is the colour that is often used in this connection. This we saw at Panzano.
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On the Sunday market in Panzano in Chianti. They will remember the festivities of the first of May in the old days.
View ArticleOld Trees I
To prevent these old trees from falling over the hollow trunks have been filled with brickwork.
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We saw these trees on top of the hill right behind the church of the village of Panzano in Tuscany.
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