{"id":8993,"date":"2012-06-01T14:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T04:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=8993"},"modified":"2012-06-24T09:17:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T16:17:47","slug":"training-to-bergamo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/06\/01\/training-to-bergamo\/","title":{"rendered":"Training to Bergamo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We didn’t sleep well. We got up, cleaned up, and had breakfast. Then dropped our big bags with our hotel to hold and caught a taxi to the a
\ntrain station.<\/p>\n

We took a train to Brescia, but then a bus to Bergamo<\/a>; the desk clerk didn’t know they ran buses to Bergamo… We spent over one and a half hours on that bus.<\/p>\n

\"Back <\/a>
Back of bus ticket to Bergamo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Front <\/a>
Front of bus ticket to Bergamo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We finally checked into the Best Western Hotel Cappello D’Oro. This is a premium hotel for Best Western and it is very nice. It’s near the middle of the lower city. Bergamo is split into a lower city, and the upper city located on a hill that’s tall enough to support two funiculars.<\/p>\n

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The view from our hotel<\/p><\/div>\n

After getting settled we ate a late lunch at the hotel and got a taxi to the upper city at Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe. It is somewhat medieval feeling – some of the streets are quite narrow and most of the buildings appear old.<\/p>\n

Our first stop was the former Monastery of San Francesco, which has the original cloister.<\/p>\n

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A view of the cloister <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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The sign <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We then walked over to San Pancrazio, a gothic styled church that’s so unassuming that you could walk right by either of it’s doors. It’s very cool inside with art from the 14th and 15th centuries.<\/p>\n

We strolled down Via Gombito to Cappella Colleoni; note, no photos allowed inside. However, it’s a must-see – the interior is heavily decorated in 16th and 17th century styles.<\/p>\n

Next door is the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. This is a large church with a lot to see inside.<\/p>\n

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A wall painting <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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A panorama of part of the ceiling <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Fresco detail <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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The view ot the altar <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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The facade of the church <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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The fence around the baptistry is very cool <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Baptistry detail <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Baptistry detail <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Facade of the baptistry <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Facade of the church and baptistry <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Across the Piazza is the Duomo, which may have the most interesting ceiling of any Duomo I’ve visited. The outside is pretty unassuming but the inside is highly decorated.<\/p>\n

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A ceiling detail <\/div> <\/div>
\"An <\/a>
An example of beautiful marquetry <\/div> <\/div>
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An example of beautiful marquetry <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Statues <\/a>
Statues around a column <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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A ceiling detail <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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A bronze statue <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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The altar <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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\"Part <\/a>
Part of the ceiling <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A fresco <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Beneath <\/a>
Beneath the pipes of the organ <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The (unassuming) facade <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We stopped for a Coke Light at Caffe del Tasso, listened to a children’s orchestra warming up, and then walked down the main shopping street.<\/p>\n

By then Aviva was starving so we stopped at Albergo Ristorante Sole for dinner. I thought it would be a tourist trap but the food was good.<\/p>\n

We were tired so we decided to start walking back to the hotel. We took the Funicular down to the lower city.<\/p>\n

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The upper city from the lower city in the evening mists <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The funicular car <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The driver of the funicular <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The view down from the funicular <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We met a cool English artist on the walk back to the hotel – Michael Paysden and Aviva talked about how he uses lead white to create deep textures and then layers glazes on top to create color layers.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/a>

Michael Paysden’s business card<\/p><\/div>\n

We finally got some water and Coke Zero (seems more popular than Coke Light now) and went back to the room to load photos, take showers, and crash. This hotel has a selection of 6 different pillows they offer, and they provide face towels (wash cloths) at the front desk.<\/p>\n

Location:Viale Papa Giovanni XXIII,Bergamo,Italy<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Enhanced<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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