Europe

I have been to Italy several times – the first visit at the tender age of elven month. However, I cannot really remember this stay in South Tyrol where my parents went hiking. Apart from another visit in early childhood (a swimming holiday at the Adriatic Sea), I have been sightseeing in Bella Italia several times since 1996, for example in Florence, Rome and Venice.

During my first stay at Whitsun 1996, I spent three days in Florence. During the summer holiday in the same year, I went on a day trip to Venice (starting from Carinthia, the southernmost state of Austria). In the following year, I took opportunity of the easter holidays in order to spend five days in the Eternal City, Rome.

The next visit to Italy was in the year 2004, when I took part in the Spring School organised by the ARGESIM in Tuscany. In the year 2005, I took part in another ARGESIM seminar in Tuscany.

Two years later, I was sent to Italy again – this time, as a participant in the "Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference" (ASMC) in Stresa on the shores of Lago Maggiore. Together with a colleague from the FH Steyr, I took the opportunity to spend four days there on vacation.

I have decided to provide not only pictures taken during the latest stays in Italy, but also some of those taken as a teenager. They can be viewed in my photo album. However, some of these pictures have a quite low quality – I apologize.

© Bernhard Kabelka 1996 – 1997, 2004 – 2010
Last modified: January 1, 2010