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This week's prompt is "Passeggiata."
You're encouraged to describe your photo--where you shot it, details of what you were doing or what was going on, etc.
Passeggiata--L'Aquila, June 2008. In all my Italy travels I have never seen such a well attended passeggiata. If you look closely at the photo you can see the people all the way down the long street. I wonder if this corner still exists
Jfraz - intriguing photo - could you provide more information on what makes this a "goose" passeggiata? Was it part of a festival? Inquiring minds want to know.
Judy
Posts: 3901 | Location: Berkeley, CA | Registered: 22 March 2005
You are probably right, Yvonne. I've been trying to figure out what it is, and found (of course) that the "Contrada de l'Oca" has figured importantly in Palio wins.
Originally posted by Yvonne: Is the "Goose" passeggiata in Siena, by any chance?
We stayed in the "goose" section of Siena in 2007. They had won in one of the palio's and were celebrating to the wee hours of the morning all 3 nights we were there. They take this very seriously. (We are staying in the same place in the fall. ) I have some good pictures of their festivities then.
Posts: 560 | Location: Connecticut | Registered: 02 December 2005
You can tell it is the Goose contrada by the color of scarves and I'll post another photo of their drummers.
We have been to the Palio and are trying to learn more about the week by week contrada activities in Siena. Because of that we stayed in Siena for a week in May (we usually stay by Gaioli, which has Bruco alligence). Was wonderful to hear all the practice drumming and unexpectadly run into flag practices.
Anyway, on Sunday we came across this group and I was told that each contrada is assigned a Sunday to parade around town. I do not know if all the contrada have a Sunday or maybe just those in the next races and I'd love to know if this is only in the summer or if it happens all year long.
There is a wonderful detailed by about the Palio(a little hard to find) called La Terra in Piazza by Alan dundes and Alessandro Falassi. Siena and the Palio are really interesting to me, all the passion, enemys and friends, traditions, bribery and lifestyle make the town facinating.
Originally posted by jgk: Passeggiata--L'Aquila, June 2008. In all my Italy travels I have never seen such a well attended passeggiata. If you look closely at the photo you can see the people all the way down the long street. I wonder if this corner still exists
jan
Is your photo showing a street leading to/from the Piazza del Duomo or just an intersection in il centro? It just looks familiar to me. Hope we'll be able to walk there sometime in the near future.
Posts: 760 | Location: Palmyra, NJ, USA | Registered: 29 July 2003
I just noticed the Passeggiata Photohunt...this is one of my husband's favorite photo subjects.
There are three that come to mind that are in my SlowTrav photo albums. Here are the links to those photos.
This was taken on a rainy afternoon in Buonconvento: Buonconvento
This was on a beautiful sunny day before lunch in Asciano...when we asked this darling lady if we could help her when she seemed ready to stumble, she told us how she couldn't accept any assistance because her doctor told her she had to walk every day without help: Asciano II
This last photo isn't really a passeggiata photo, but it is in the same vein because this gentleman is admiring his land and resting after a passegiata...also Asciano: Asciano II
I hope you enjoy.
Carol
“Open my heart and you will see, Graved inside of it, Italy.” -- Robert Browning
Posts: 421 | Location: Suburban New York | Registered: 21 January 2003
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so I would say that Yvonne, Marian and Always Italy have it correct. 
) passeggiata in Ferrara in May of this year.
