The Lincoln Highway is the first transcontinental road for automobiles in the Usa, dedicated in 1913. At a time when roads where more often built to connect grain storage silos or slaughterhouses to the nearest train station, the Lincoln Highway wound its way for over 3,000 miles (more than 5.000 km) between New York and … Continue reading
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Swiss historical trains
Trains are a passion – if you’re not into them just skip to the next post, bye bye. My interest is more aesthetic and mechanic: I love the gears, I appreciated the sturdiness and dimensions, I enjoy the photo ops. Not to mention that I consider trains the most civilized way to travel short and … Continue reading
Lisbon sweet old times
I was dispatched to Lisbon on a pretty boring assignment, I’ll spare you those photos and the narrative. What’s here, instead, are the images taken in between the photo shoots. It’s a reduced mix of what I perceived, probably superficial, about alfacinhas – the people of Lisbon -: a mingle of devotion to traditions in … Continue reading
Iraq smiling people
Iraq between the two Gulf Wars was a suffering and rundown country but where no one spared a smile, ever. Ok, almost never, I mean, we did bump into a couple, more than a couple, of … let’s say glitches, but that’s part of the adventure, isn’t it?! Anyway, as the first group of tourists, … Continue reading
Lübeck brick gothic
The best beer I ever had in Germany was in a Lübeck bierstube. Toward the end of a pretty warm day, before the evening shift of restaurants photography, I decided to take a rest and reward myself for the long workday. The stein was filled with a fresh, smooth, amber colored liquid, topped by a … Continue reading
Parati colonial and relaxing
Parati, belonging to the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, is a well-preserved Portuguese colonial town and Unesco World Heritage Site. Delightful architecture and beautiful posadas, little hotels, built around luxurious patios, ease the mind transition toward a relaxed and sophisticated vacation. Parati sits on the shores of a huge bay of warm waters … Continue reading