A wonderful long weekend in Stockholm, Sweden - the 40th country I visited in my life! Thanks to our special hosts Saba and her boyfriend, we enjoyed the city at its maximum. Built on 14 islands, you have to keep crossing bridges all the time, and all the areas are very interesting and charming.
The Gamla Stan (the old town), Sodermalm and Sofo, the centre, various great museums such as the Vasa - hosting a warship from 1628 and the Fotografiska, the Stockholm Palace and Drottningholm... We also did a boat trip on the archipelago, astonishing! ...and not to miss some shopping at H&M!
My cousin from Rome got married, so sweet! The family from my dad's side reunited for the cheerful event. The religious ceremony was held in the morning in a small church and then we spent the entire day eating plenty of very nice food and enjoying the party!
A pomegranate weekend! My neighbor gave my lots of huge fruits naturally grown in her garden in Florence, therefore I transformed myself in "Cami-chef" and prepared juice, green soup, risotto and a cake of pomegranate!
The Getty Center, well-known for its architecture by Richard Meier and astonishing views overlooking Los Angeles (it's incredible to realize the quantity of smog over the city, you cannot even see the ocean but just ships in the middle of the fog!). The atmosphere is very clean and relaxed, being on a hill with beautiful gardens, especially the Cactus Veranda, which I of course loved!
The highlights were two very interesting exhibitions: the photography of Ed Ruscha, and a video art installation by Werner Herzog: Hearsay of the Soul. I especially appreciated Ruscha's works "Every Building on the Sunset Strip" (1966), presenting all of the structures on Sunset Boulevard between Beverly Hills and Laurel Canyon, a twenty-four-foot-long double view of both sides of the street meticulously collaged together; and "Pacific Coast Highway" (1974), using the same automobile-based system to photograph the panoramic view of the highway.
Definitely a place you must visit in LA!