Monday, November 9, 2009

bell'italia

"Even now I miss Italy; I dream about it every night."
~ Eila Hiltunen
 "You may have the universe, if I may have Italy."  
~ Giuseppe Verdi


 "Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life."
~ Anna Akhmatova
 

 "A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority."
~ Samuel Johnson
Pictures from top: Historical Center of Perugia (Umbria); celebrating the semifinal World Cup victory of gli Azzuri (the Italian National Soccer Team) against Germany, Perugia; "The Glory of St. Dominic", the Basilica of St. Dominic, Bologna; Sunset over the Mediterranean, taken from Riomaggiore (Cinque Terre, Liguria)

No comments: