MazzJohn Walkabouts: London | Bologna | Florence {2019}
MazzJohn Ménage Meanderings across the pond on new vacay to old Europe. First in our September 2019 series, this edition places us world walkers in 'LoBoFlo': London, England and then Bologna & Florence, Italy.
Part II: (Lake Como | Rovereto | Trieste)
Holiday health goal was to keep moving to get in as many steps as possible by visiting as many sights/sites as possible. This family film documents those efforts for our tribal archives. Along the way, explanatory factoids are organically sprinkled in to gently educate other, more casual, viewers.
Between the planes, trains & automobiles in England, we step through such famous London locations as Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, WhiteHall, Westminster Abbey, St James Park, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Scotland Yard, Diana Memorial, River Thames, Trafalgar Square, Parliament Square, Churchill Statue Brexit Rally, Paddington Station, Heathrow International Airport and more.
Between the restaurants and landmarks in Emilia Romagna, we'll traverse Bologna's streets to experience the Marconi International Airport, Fontana Vecchia, Two Towers (Le Due Torri), Neptune's Statue, Piazza Maggiore, Basilica San Petronio, Basilica Santo Stefano, Palazzo di Podesta, Palazzo d'Accursio, Bologna Centrale Train Station and much more.
Between the pizzerias and gelaterias in Tuscany, we'll tour Florence's famed Piazza Duomo, Giotto Bell Tower, Basilica de San Lorenzo, Museo dell'Opera, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, Fort Belvedere, Arno River, Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore, St. John Baptistry, Santa Reparata church/crypt excavations, Galleria dell'Accademia (Michelangelo's David statue), Piazza della Signoria, city walls, town markets, street artists and so much more.
As this travelogue's kick-off episode, it's saddled with the (obligatory for full documentation) air travel footage opening. Video clips and still photos are all MazzJohn originals. Informative factoids from various interweb sources including WikiPedia. Title, background and interstitial music is courtesy of YouTube's Content Creator's Audio Library.
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Family Film Fast Fun Food Fact: Gelato is the Italian word for ice cream. It starts out with a similar custard base as ice cream, but has a higher proportion of milk and a lower proportion of cream and eggs (or no eggs at all). It is churned at a much slower rate, incorporating less air and leaving the gelato denser than ice cream. Think less fat and more richness.
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Recorded using a Sony Digital Handycam HDR-CX550 video camcorder which also contributed still images to complement those from a pair of Google Pixel 3/3XL cellular phones.
No tourists were harmed in the making of this odyssey opus but many slices of pizza and too many cones of gelato met untimely demises.