Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Tarot Garden

Before heading to Puglia this month, we had one very noteworthy day trip to a little town in southern Tuscany called Capalbio. It's a wealthy little town on the coast that's a bit of an Italian Communist retreat. We're not sure why this town is especially attractive to wealthy Italian Communists, but that's the town's niche market, and I must say Italian Communists have good taste.

We had a great meal there, followed by a nice walk around town. We ended the day by visiting a nearby sculpture park that was Niki de Saint Phalle's passion project. It's made up of enormous, interactive sculptures. She was obviously very inspired by Gaudi, but leans more toward sculpture than architecture. It was absolutely FANTASTIC! Definitely one of the most underrated sights this region has to offer (probably because Niki was French). Adrian, you would have loved it!










1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i'm a little behind in my blog reading. i was so bummed that i missed you guys in the states i decided to go back and catch up on some of your blogs and see some pictures of eli. so cute. his hair is so much longer and he looks even more like caroline (if that is possible).
a