bergamo romantica

Thursday 21th of March

We're kicking off the first day of spring in an extra festive way; a lovely city break in charming Bergamo. Ciao bella città!

Bergamo has views of the mountains to the north and valleys to the south. The city actually consists of two towns: Città Bassa and Città Alta.

We arrived after sunset and went straight to dinner after checking into our hotel. Straightaway in the Italian la vita è bella mood!

Campari, vino, birra, pasta con pesce, risotto, tiramisu, caffè espresso, musica, and making plans for domani...

the arrival of spring

friday morning

Friday morning. Feeling on edge.

We bought fresh flowers & homemade bread at the local market.
Made a walk in the historical city centre, with a sneakpeak at the Kunstkerk, a very special public exhibition space in Dordrecht that will open it's doors soon.
And we had coffee & cake at Hazel.
Let's say to boost our moods and keep feeling positive, cause what a week!

arrival of spring by david hockney

Due to lack of museum visits in this lockdown, i bought the new David Hockney art book by Taschen for Henk.

And we also framed the exhibition poster The Joy of Nature, which we bought in 2019 during the visit to the exhibition in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

The poster of Hockney's painting The arrival of spring in Woldgate, fits perfectly at this time of the year. Bring on spring!

At the time, we couldn't find a suitable frame and fixed the Hockney poster on the wall with masking tape in my studio. We decided to adjust the size of the poster to the frame.