[LRflex] Re: Bad news at Leica
- From: "FLAVIO GORI" <flaviogori@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 18:38:35 +0100
chris (hoping not bother other no italy involved friends),
your knowledge about tuscany is great indeed.
yes the pass is called olmo and i remember to have been up there (monte
give) about 21 years ago to greet my last day before my wedding (...) with
some friends to walk and eat very good bistecca!
the lake area is just in south area of sesto fiorentino, just before campi
bisenzio, in the osmannoro site.
very unfortunately many of the morello trees were cut down for a lot of
"reasons", mostly just invented to have the right to take them in firenze
and build, for instance, the under roof of palazzo vecchio. but i have to
say that i love that monte!
in the latest weeks i often drive to monte gennaro, the road from calenzano
to le croci di barberino, then turning right for la chiusa and legri (btw,
my parents homevillages). after legri you have to keep drive for about 3 km,
then you have to stop your car and have a walk for about 3/4 an hour. in
front of you you'll see the third of morello tops, on your left the monte
senario (hope you know it! i also like a lot go there where i shot a lot of
my photo last year and published in my leicagallery site) and the mugello
area behind you.
in the clear september air is a fantastic place to go. i use to be there
around 9 am and remain there for a fast lunch (panini).
and how about the astounding senario terrace? almost all tuscany is seeable.
btw: being no leica photo (nikon coolpix) , my morello pictures are here:
web.mac.com/fgori
ciao!
fg
2008/12/7 Chris L <speleo_karst@xxxxxxxxx>
> Hi Flavio,
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* FLAVIO GORI <flaviogori@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 7, 2008 5:58:05 PM
> *Subject:* [LRflex] Re: Bad news at Leica
>
> >oh my god! morini 350. wonderful italian motorcycle in the '70, right?
>
> Yes, mine was a 1976 model. I still miss it.(Had a BMW R65 afterwards, but
> not the same thing)
>
> >i still use my bmw r 100t - 1980, though nowadays i prefer walking around
> monte morello, a hill group just north firenze. i live in sesto fiorentino,
> 6 km from firenze and just in the beginning of morello. a great site to walk
> with (almost) no car pollution, lot of trees, plant and the like. you can
> walk up there for hours without any "civilian" connection. unfortunately you
> have to be very careful during these rainy days because you can always
> risking to fall down abruptly, as I did yesterday.
>
> It's a bit farther from your house, but the north side of Monte Giovi is
> wonderful.
> If you don't know it, take the road towards Borgo S. Lorenzo (continuation
> of via Faentina, through le Caldine) a few kilometres after the pass
> (l'Olmo?) there is a road to the right over a small bridge. Follow it,
> keeping to the right and uphill until you reach a small village (just a few
> houses) where you leave the car. From there you can follow any of a number
> of pathes uphill, most will eventually take you to the ruins of an ancient
> watchtower on the crest. From there, you have many choices and all make for
> a great walk. It is much more wild and "natural" than Monte Morello, which
> was mostly replanted after being stripped bare for firewood in centuries
> past.
>
> >though i use to walk up there since i was a boy, i have to admit i never
> took animal photography seriously, so different from many other friends in
> this list. morello is a very good place for animals to hide themselves
> properly.
> one interesting place to shoot birds is, strangely enough, a group of small
> lakes in the highway firenze-mare (sea) and one big garbage dump vicinity.
> one of these days i'll drive there, few km from my house.
>
> Fucecchio?
>
> >i was in black forest some years ago finding a very fine area. not the
> same in northern germany?
>
> No... Northern European coastal plain... Has its nice sides, but mostly
> really (really) flat.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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FLAVIO GORI
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