Brazilian All Stars play Jobim

TriesteLovesJazz 2009

Trieste, July 19, 2009

I had the possibilty to photograph another lovely concert with great musicians during the TriesteLovesJazz 2009. I met the famuos stars Duduka DaFonseca, Eddie Gomez, Toninho Horta.. and also Dick Oatts, Helio Alves and Maucha Adnet. The location, as usual, was situated on the biggest and beautiful square in Trieste, Piazza dell'Unita' d'Italia. During the afternoon I spoke some words with them, taking some pictures during the backstage. I arrived on the stage some moments before the sunset and I did some shots of the stage and the staff working on the stage lights. With the beautiful colours of the orange and blue dusk the show started givin' us a very nice concert!

Brazilian All Stars play Jobim
Duduka DaFonseca, drums;
Eddie Gomez, bass;
Dick Oatts, sax;
Toninho Horta, guitar, vocal;
Maucha Adnet, vocal;
Helio Alves, piano

ph Massimo Goina ©2009 Goina.com

more pictures here and here.

Venice: just a trip

The first days of june we went to visit Venice, for just a little trip. In the days before the trip we had a lot of bad days with rain and storms: not usual for the june's period in Italy. Anyway we went to visit to my girl' sister and we stayed with them for a day, relaxin', drinkin', eating lovely dishes cooked with supremacy by my brother in law. During the afternoon of the sunday we decided to go for the trip to Venice, just because the weather was turning to a lovely sunny, even if the storms were all around the city of Venice.

We used the train to reach the center of Venice, after that three hours by feet to see the famous venetian city. As usual I used my camera, without thinking the pictures would be so interesting for that day.. we were there for some hours and I had not the time to walk for takin pictures. But the weather gave me the possibility to take some really interesting moments, expecially in the famous San Marco's Square, when the sea started to grow up. These are some of the shots I did that day, I hope you will enjoy them as I did while I was photographing.

more pictures about this event: MySpace, MyWebsite

A journey with my father

Dopo mesi di inattività provo timidamente a riprendere il blog anche se non con la frequenza che avevo in passato. Solamente una cronaca di viaggio in moto con mio padre, lungo la strada che attraversa Italia, Austria e Slovenia, con pranzo a Villacco e passaggio per la splendida regione dell'alta Slovenia. La cosa che preferiamo è passare in moto il passo del Vrsic, il più alto passo sloveno, nella regione delle Alpi Giulie. Il passo è a 1611 metri, dopo una serie di 48 tornanti che salgono da Kranjska Gora e scendono nella valle dell'Isonzo. Durante la salita ci siamo dovuti fermare per il passaggio di una mucca che scendeva beata camminando in mezzo alla strada, e per fortuna che non l'abbiamo incontrata dietro ad una curva! Giusto due foto e il bel tempo girò al brutto fino alla pioggia. Le strade del Vrsic non sono il massimo quando sono bagnate e non sono quello di cui un motociclista avrebbe bisogno; ad ogni modo abbiamo deciso di proseguire, anche se mantenendo una bassa andatura fino alla città di Bovec. La continuazione è stata il seguire la strada lungo il fiume Isonzo fino a Gorizia, per poi raggiungere Trieste.





















After months of inactivity i'm going to start again with a post about a beautiful journey with my father, and my bike, through Italy, Austria, and Slovenia. We decided to go to visit the lovely city of Villach (Austria) riding the Italian motorway. After a little walk in the old town we tasted the great food of a restaurant just out the city. As you see we eat a big portion of pork's ribs, with french potatoes and beer. After that we decided to turn back to Italy passing through the northern Slovenian region. We went through two mountain passes, the Wurzenpass and the Vrsic (1611). The first is a lovely road between Austria and Slovenia, while the second one is a great pass in the Julian Alps of Slovenia. The pass is the highest in Slovenia, rising from Kranjska Gora in a series of 48 hairpin bends before descending into the Soca valley. During the way to the pass we broke for a while cause the passage of a caw walking in the middle of the road. Just some minutes for a picture and the nice weather changed into rain. This wet road is not such a good thing a biker needs, and we did it riding wery slowly. After the Vrsic pass we went along the Soca river reaching Gorizia and after that, Trieste.

Sunset from the Terrace

La scorsa settimana ero all'ultimo piano di un famoso palazzo di Trieste per fotografare la sua terrazza e un bellissimo tramonto. Il palazzo è posseduto dalle Assicurazioni Generali, la più grande società europea di assicurazioni. In ultimo piano il palazzo gestisce "Il Circolo", dove gli impiegati possono andare per bere o mangiare, o partecipare ad eventi culturali, artistici o musicali. Quel giorno ho fatto un buon lavoro fotografico, non solo al palazzo e la sua terrazza, ma anche al tramonto, al panorama della città, al cielo durante tutta la serata.

Last week I was on the top of a famous building in Trieste to photograph its terrace with a beautiful sunset. The building is owned by Generali Group Company, the biggest european reassurance company. On the top level of the building there is the Company Club, where employees can go for drink or eat lunches, or participate for cultural events, art, music. That day I did a good photographic work, not only the building and its terrace but the sunset, the panorama, and the sky also.

Sunset on the Lake

Il lago è lo stesso del posti di ieri.

The lake is the same one of the pictures of yesterday.

Benedictine Convent

Dopo la zona delle vigne c'è un vecchio convento benedettino in una piccola cittadina chiamata Ancarano. Nel IX secolo, un santuario dedicato ad un martire di Trieste, Santo Apollinario, fu costruito su iniziativa del vescovo di Trieste. Duecento anni dopo, nel 1072 il convento fu donato ai benedettini. Attualmente è un albergo, con un bellissimo parco sul mare.

After the zone with the grapevines there is an old Benedictine Convent, in a little city called Ankaran.
In the 9th century, a sanctuary dedicated to a martyr of Trieste, Saint Apollinarius, was built on the initiative of the bishop of Trieste. Two hundred years later (in 1072) the bishop of Trieste Adalger, donated this church with all its possessions to the Benedictine monastery of Saint Nicholas in Venice. Actually it is an hotel, with a beautiful pask on the seashore.

Mime on the Sunset

During the Barcolana's days you obviously find a lot of personages, like mimes, players and so on.. that was very interesting! He was maked-up like if there was a strong windy day (our Bora), and he was walking like if the wind was blowing all in front of him. He was coupled with a guitar jazz player.

Losinj's Skies

I'm ill.. I can't go ahead watching the screen.. see you in the next few days! :)

Back from Croatia

Hi I'm back! I saw beatiful places and situations in my holyday, and I hope to give you my best shots in the next days (work permitting).. In just 15 days, and into a place I know well since I was a child, I did 1000-1100 photographs and I need to select the best ones. Saturday I will go for a day to Austria for visiting one of the biggest bikers meetings in Europe, so I will have other pictures to share with you.
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