There are certain images of Italy that everyone is familiar with, mostly involving Tuscan villas. What I am sharing here is NOT quite so stereotypical.
We spent this past weekend in Trento, a city so far north it approaches the border with Austria. The first time we visited Trento a year ago we were not even sure we were still in Italy.
Many signs were in both Italian and German, we couldn’t recognise half of the food items in local restaurants, while beer drinkers seemed to outnumber wine drinkers.
And yet there remains something distinctly Italian, and the area itself is out of this world gorgeous.
The mountains, the lakes, the rugged outdoors reminded us so much of our beautiful home in British Columbia. The centuries old architecture made it unmistakingly clear we were in Europe.
Luba says
Absolutely beautiful pictures, I love it! Thank you for sharing!
Lauren says
Thank you for the beautiful pictures and for your insightful and appreciative commentary.
Sarah says
Ah, thank you for sharing! SO lovely it takes my breath away.
elisamarie111 says
Trento looks absolutely gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing these photos!