Bergamo was the last of our trips in Italy. Nestled 2 hours
from Venice is a gorgeous city combining both the juxtaposition of new high-end
shopping streets with old, as the more rustic town perched at the top of the
mountains overlooked the new buildings. We started our morning in a bit of a
huff as the weather had progressed negatively in our favour and it deemed that
today would be a day of numb fingers (gloves were forgotten amongst suitable
jackets) from gripping onto a blowing away and soggy umbrella.
We began looking
at the cathedrals and churches of Bergamo, however realised that as this was
Easter Sunday, we would most likely be interrupting mass. Therefore, for 10
euros each we were able to buy a day pass which allowed us to view all of the
museums in Bergamo for the day. It started with the Museo E Tesoro Della
Cattedrale. As the name suggests, the museum revolved around the cathedral that
it was situated under. In fact, the museum was the old remnants of the
cathedral that had now been built over. It’s always quite interesting to sit
there and think, at one point in time, masses of people were coming into this
building that now seem so ancient to us.
Of course it wouldn’t be a trip to any city without a visit
to the Museo Civico Di Scienze Naturali ‘Enrico Caffi’ – or translated to what
I gathered as the Natural History Museum. Now nothing can ever compare, for me
at least, to the natural history museum in London. It was interested however
how in Bergamo they focused greatly on animals or geographical land
rocks/scapes/masses etc specific to Italy rather than showing me 89 different
types of Polar bears (there was in fact only one). As we wanted to miss the
Sunday evening traffic back to Zurich, we only stopped at a bakery to pick up
some goodies for late afternoon tea and then headed back.
I have to say, half of me was so happy to have gone on this trip, spent time
with the family and seen what I was able to, as I am very lucky and privelleged
that my parents organized these things. But, can I just say, it’s exhausting! I
didn’t feel as if it was a holiday of peace and quiet and rest, it was more a
“get up and go” sort of holiday. Luckily for me, I have another holiday next
week, I know, I feel as if I’m constantly on holiday. I do wish it was a beach
holiday, where I could just lie in the sun and do nothing, but hey – Athens,
that’s pretty exciting don’t you think? So does anyone have any tips on things
to do whilst I’m there? I just want to make sure I don’t a) miss anything out
or b) not reserve tickets for something and end up looking like a cabbage in
the museum cough mum cough!
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