tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post3289579718363468559..comments2024-01-22T00:24:44.030+01:00Comments on Merisi's Vienna for Beginners: Italian DaysField of Red Zinnias in Venezia GiuliaMerisihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-22961290844482351442010-08-30T23:09:24.148+02:002010-08-30T23:09:24.148+02:00Thank you, Britt-Arnhild and Ildikebak!
Alan,
I a...Thank you, Britt-Arnhild and Ildikebak!<br /><br />Alan,<br />I agree, <br />having had wars waged on your own soil gives you a different perspective of what war really means, something that euphemisms like "collateral damage" cannot take away the sheer terror of being a human being, persecuted by fellow men. Those blood-soaked soils make you want to bend your head in grief and cry for Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-20935296797014372132010-08-30T22:42:04.047+02:002010-08-30T22:42:04.047+02:00It's hard to imagine the horrors of wars that ...It's hard to imagine the horrors of wars that have been waged on European soils. Especially when you visit and see the beauty in the exact location where the butchery happened. Maybe that's why so many European countries are so progressive now, having lived through those hells.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02786705388056397346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-30799949825805123902010-08-30T21:43:05.221+02:002010-08-30T21:43:05.221+02:00Beautiful flowers :-) my favorite color:-) super f...Beautiful flowers :-) my favorite color:-) super foto, this is the very nature :-)<br />Ildi :-)ildikebakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935595317104044079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-69216260639235517362010-08-30T21:17:25.786+02:002010-08-30T21:17:25.786+02:00Thank for the book link.Thank for the book link.Britt-Arnhildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05517393095921382789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-16156576550932063862010-08-30T20:49:37.733+02:002010-08-30T20:49:37.733+02:00Wandering Star,
it is, considering the layers of s...Wandering Star,<br />it is, considering the layers of suffering underneath all that beauty. <br /><br />Loree,<br />I agree!<br />Imagine, not far from this field of zinnias, there is a village with a house whose walls were already standing during the time of Attila the Hun, infact, it is said to be the only one to have survived the attac of the Huns in 452, during which he raced an entire city, Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-53545316519593147012010-08-30T20:07:10.579+02:002010-08-30T20:07:10.579+02:00Beauty and heartbreak - so like Italy. It seems th...Beauty and heartbreak - so like Italy. It seems the two are forever intertwined in that stunning country.Loreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520908604580765632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-54797489555216438362010-08-30T19:08:53.239+02:002010-08-30T19:08:53.239+02:00I find this is a rather poignant post of images an...I find this is a rather poignant post of images and text, Marisi.Wandering Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10488522185725869938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-60251921286332479392010-08-30T15:55:31.285+02:002010-08-30T15:55:31.285+02:00TICA,
once I am driving, nothing stops me, but ......TICA,<br />once I am driving, nothing stops me, but ....<br />once off the auto route, it is hard to not stop and capture what I see. ;-)Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-83368728563677717032010-08-30T15:28:04.722+02:002010-08-30T15:28:04.722+02:00Hi M
What a lovely journey you had. I can see you...Hi M<br /><br />What a lovely journey you had. I can see you hopping out of the car taking photos...tell me how did you manage to drive at all?<br />I wish our paths could have crossed again, hence in November or later they will.<br />Zinnia grow wild in Italy?TICAhttp://www.willows95988.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-27690756032835841322010-08-30T15:16:00.213+02:002010-08-30T15:16:00.213+02:00Carol,
imagine, out there, in the villages and fie...Carol,<br />imagine, out there, in the villages and fields, under the burning sun, in 90°F heat, high humidity, trying to capture what cannot be seen, full well knowing I'd have to drive back to Vienna the same evening, a six hour ride. Hot, sweaty, yes, but also exhilarating, feeling you are on to something. ;-)<br />(And yes, in August I stood still only for the few days a nasty summer flu Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10964852.post-56467906721475138312010-08-30T14:43:53.431+02:002010-08-30T14:43:53.431+02:00HOLY MOLY!
Some people are TRAVELING an awful lot!...HOLY MOLY!<br />Some people are TRAVELING an awful lot!!!<br />even if it is august..<br />HMPHParisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.com