Ital: Tuscany - The Road To Carrara: We left Florence early and took the 2-hour drive to the Apuan Alps and the city of Carrara, the world capital for mining and processing and trading...

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Sep 22, 2023 16:18:22 #

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

We left Florence early and took the 2-hour drive to the Apuan Alps and the city of Carrara, the world capital for mining and processing and trading of white marble. The route was quite scenic with many small hill towns along the way. We were particularly struck by the modern structures built around ancient ones which were preserved. These images were all captured from the tour bus windows using a Nikon D7500 with a Nikkor 18-300 f3.5-5.6 lens. All were shot at f 7.1, 1/640 sec auto ISO.

I hope you enjoy them!
Mark

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San Giovanni dell’Autostrada or the Chiesa dell’Autostrada del’Sole, this unique church is located on the A11 highway halfway between Rome and Milan, just past the Firenze Nord exit.

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Workers tending the roses at a large nursery outside of Florence

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Sep 22, 2023 16:19:08 #

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Trip Itinerary:

Sep 22, 2023 16:33:37 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Sep 22, 2023 16:49:50 #

NMGal Loc: NE NM

A beautiful drive.

Sep 22, 2023 17:34:15 #

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

A beautiful place. Nice set, Mark.

Sep 22, 2023 17:54:19 #

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Longshadow wrote:

Thanks Bill.

Sep 22, 2023 17:55:14 #

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

NMGal wrote:

A beautiful drive.

Thanks very much Barbara. It really was!

Sep 22, 2023 17:56:05 #

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

kpmac wrote:

A beautiful place. Nice set, Mark.

Thanks very much Ken.

Sep 22, 2023 20:12:41 #

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

srfmhg wrote:

We left Florence early and took the 2-hour drive t... (show quote)

Well done Mark, by the master of from the tour bus photos. We had several choices in the area on our port call in Livorno on our cruise from Barcelona to Venice last year. Livorno was the only port where we docked overnight, resulting in two full days in the area. Carrara was one of the tours offered. However, we chose Pisa and Lucca for the first day and Florence (focused on the Uffizzi) for the second day. This year, we spent two days in Lucca and 3 in Florence, but missed Carrara again. I'm looking forward to seeing what we missed.

Sep 22, 2023 20:15:39 #

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

DJphoto wrote:

Well done Mark, by the master of from the tour bus... (show quote)

Thanks so much Dennis. Make sure you book the quarry tour. I'm processing those images now. It's like nothing I've ever seen before!

Sep 23, 2023 07:06:11 #