View on the Harbor

On the deck of the “Raul F”, a chair with a view...

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Love on the Road

“Bene(detta?) I love you to die”
(Via Bernardina)

“I would like to start over everything with you...”
(Scali Saffi)

“Rache(le), you must know that I am madly in love with you”
(Under the Santa Trinita bridge)

See also: In Love

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Long Walk - 2 of 3

A crying handbag in “Via Ricasoli”.On a window lintel in “Via Pieroni”: Ferdinandus Medices Magnus Dux Etruriae (Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany).You can buy this for your fancy tropical drinks...Corner stones of the rectory of “Santa Maria del Soccorso”.Surely not the more romantic spot in town...

See also: Long Walk (1 of 3) - Long Walk (3 of 3) - More Walks

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Calm Waters

The Coast Guard Search and Rescue boat CP 867, moored at the Capitaneria pier. In background the cruise ship “Marina” and far on the left a container ship entering the port escorted by a tug.The tourist boat “Libur” crossing the “Porto Mediceo” waters during a tour of our canals. In background, the tug “Fratelli Neri”.

See also: CP 867 - CP 867 & Nataly - Coast Guard - Piaggio P166
Search labels: Coast Guard - tug

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Berlin 1936

1936 Unione Canottieri Livornesi Eight
Olympic Silver Medal, Langersee
bow Gugliemo Del Bimbo, 2 Dino Barsotti
3 Oreste Grossi, 4 Enzo Bartolini, 5 Mario Checcacci
6 Dante Secchi, 7 Ottorino Quaglierini
stroke Enrico Garzelli, coxswain Cesare Milani

In a time when most of the rowers came from universities, they were stevedores and dock workers in the port of Livorno, people accustomed to hard work. The group found its nickname at a regional championship in 1928: rowing with force and without technique, the boat “scarrocciava” (drifted left and right).
Some Tuscan wit called them “Scarronzoni” and the name stuck to all the Livornese crews until 1948. In this period, the eight of the “Canottieri Livornesi” won twelve Italian titles, one Bronze, three Silver and two Gold Medals in the European Championships. They won the Silver Medal at the Olympics Games in Los Angeles and Berlin.This last endeavour can be seen in Leni Riefenstahl's “Olympia”.

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43 Dogs, 109 Cats

“43 dogs, 109 cats thank you for a little or big help. Thank you”
(Effetto Venezia 2011)

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The Buried Bomb

The bomb won't go away easily: they will have to defuse it on site, near to apartment buildings and to a major bridge.It has been covered by a huge pile of sand and a five-meter tall blast containment wall is under construction around the site.Six thousand people will be evacuated before the actual defusing, for an approximate radius of 400-500 meters.
Of all days, on the next September 11...

Search labels: new canal
External links: How did the bomb get here? (Video) - Evacuation Zone (Il Tirreno)
See also: Bombs on the Cover - An Useless Dig - Canale dei Navicelli - Viale Caprera - Micropoles - New Venice - A New Canal - Crash - The Dig - Building the Canal - Venice's Canal - The Old “Cantina” - Along the New Canal - Under Construction - The Bomb - The Wall - Modulblock

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