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1. The Floating Piers
(Outings)
... from Bergamo at 6 pm for what was to be a picnic on Montisola, but once at Rovato the motorway staff informed us that the last shuttle had left at 7 pm. We were just a handful of minutes late. We then ...
Created on 28 June 2016
2. Big changes ahead?
(Diary)
... concerns paying 88 euros to bigger corporations stumping up a hefty 40,000 euros yearly. In a company-rich province like Bergamo, this has translated into bonanza years. The statute of Italian Chambers ...
Created on 24 May 2014
3. World architects churning out ideas
(Diary)
... on the future of the national road that crosses through that town. This used to be the link between Bergamo and Milan until the motorway was inaugurated in 1927 – the first leg of what would become a vital ...
Created on 07 March 2014
4. 26 August
(Diary)
The 26 August is Bergamo’s patron saint day and it is recognised as a local holiday. If it falls on a Sunday there is no replacement, but if it’s on a weekday we don’t go to work. In 2013 it falls on ...
Created on 01 July 2013
5. Surprise phone call
(Diary)
... was phoning to say she had now moved to Bergamo, was currently on maternity leave and was keen to learn Italian, so was I still interested in having an exchange with her? We made a date and met at the ...
Created on 22 March 2013
6. The hospital relocation
(Diary)
If I open my window facing east today, it seems as if nothing has changed. And yet, the ominous stillness of the scene portends some great transformation that I am unable to predict. In theory, the yellow ...
Created on 03 January 2013
7. Crazy for opera
(Diary)
... a ticket for La Bohème I heard a lady in the queue enquire about La serenata al vento, due to be on stage in Bergamo as a world premiere. The opera had in fact won a competition at the Teatro alla Scala ...
Created on 03 December 2012
8. Lazzaretto on my birthday
(Diary)
... Bergamo, not least because young people flock here to listen to summer concerts or attend other events, much to the annoyance of the sports buffs who complain about the damage to the lawn by the crowds. ...
Created on 14 November 2012
9. On the road to Mount Pasubio
(Outings)
... Bergamo, for example, we find them in the very town centre, which was developed in the 1920’s when the war wounds were still open in the conscience of the Nation. Too many horrors and much suffering needed ...
Created on 30 July 2012
10. Stranded at Milano Centrale
(Diary)
... secretly flattered. My journey back to Bergamo, today, was not the most relaxing with all the local trains cancelled. But at least, I spent time at leisure in my favourite station and that was enough ...
Created on 26 July 2012
11. San Pellegrino and old ladies
(Outings)
... speak French, he assumed we were foreign tourists and was eager to tell us about his home town. I informed him I was only from Bergamo, and it was not the first time I’d visited, but this only made things ...
Created on 19 July 2012
12. The River Adda
(Outings)
... of reaching the cool mountain air. The Adda now separates the provinces of Bergamo and Milan, but for centuries it was an international boundary, so to speak, between the Grand Duchy of Milan and the ...
Created on 01 July 2012
13. Valle Seriana by bike
(Outings)
...  The late 1800’s saw the inauguration of a railway that connected Bergamo with Clusone, but the train service was discontinued in the late 1960’s to be replaced by coaches. Gone the railway, people wouldn’t ...
Created on 26 June 2012
14. My great grand-parents’ big family
(Diary)
... stories about relatives, for me just idle talk. And lastly, they were left behind in Milan when my grandfather retired to Bergamo, so distance added another reason for estrangement. Still, I wanted to ...
Created on 25 June 2012
15. Averted disaster
(Diary)
The inhabitants of Bergamo often joke about their town being a small place because they keep bumping into acquaintances or relatives where they would expect the least. This jocular complaint is inspired ...
Created on 13 June 2012
16. Cycling jaunt in the plain
(Outings)
On Saturday I was driven out of town by the desire to follow a certain route in the plain. I was not only aiming at taking some exercise on my bike, but I was also going in pursuit of a fancy. In fact ...
Created on 30 May 2012
17. St. Anthony’s chestnuts
(Diary)
... a chat with one of the hawkers, a dignified man wearing a wide-brimmed felt hat. A native of Piedmont, he has been coming to Bergamo for St. Anthony’s festival ever since he was a lad, some fifty years ...
Created on 19 January 2012
18. December dawn
(Diary)
I absolutely love it in December when I go to work and I see the dawn in a clear sky. It’s one of the most beautiful natural spectacles, which I can enjoy only the couple of weeks around Christmas because ...
Created on 30 December 2011
19. Couchsurfing
(Diary)
... I didn’t expect Bergamo was such a busy place, but the nearby airport is certainly in for something. Actually, I’ve had to turn down more than half the requests I’ve received or my flat would have been ...
Created on 27 December 2011
20. San Simón parade
(Diary)
Just as I was starting to pull the house together after Saturday night’s dinner party, I received a text from Claudia. The message was about the dance parade due to take place the next day at half past ...
Created on 15 December 2011
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