The old ladies on the Promenade

This was the Kurpromenade in Merano yesterday: about 150 oldtimers drove through Merano and made a stop on the Promenade. A nice passion which gives anybody the chance to admire the old ladies life :).

Old beauties touring in Merano

The last but not least rally of veteran cars - touring through Merano - planed for this year, took place this week. On Thursday the old beauties from all over Europe drove through the "Lauben" in all their elegance. The drivers - friends or couples - had a colourful cap and seemed to enjoy it a lot. Fortunately the weather contributed too, unless the major part of the participants should have droven with the top closed over their heads ;) From time to time there was one of them driving too fast and the organizers had to make any kind of gesture to make them slow down in order to give them a little present :)
I could watch some of them just a few steps away from my office :) Despite of the strong smell of gasoline, it has been an emotion :)

Elegant musical end of June

What could be a better end for June, if not colourful performances of the Cambridge Morris Men on the Promenade and the exhibition of veteran Citroens all through the town center?
Despite of the rainy weather the 11 dancers who came to Merano from the UK found the energy and the joy for dancing in front of the public, enjoying the performance with a bit of curiosity for the colourful costumes dedicated to the celebration of spring.
The Citroen veteran cars had the pleasure to be well received in Merano for the 5th time last week-end and bore the thick raindrops elegantly.
Oh, I nearly forgot...if you take a closer look at the picture, you will see a green pianist in the background... It is one of the extraordinary creations of the Municipal Nursery Merano. :)

June, June, June

I often really wonder what's all about June. They used to say that nothing happens in Merano in that period of the year, well, people still always say that nothing ever happens in Merano, but that's another story.
This year, as 2008, there are many things planed for this month. Every year, in addition to the standard events there are some other purposed by active people. Yesterday for example, about 60 fantastic veteran cars of the prewar time have been exposed on Piazza Terme, it was a part of the DAVC Alpenfahrt. Fascinating, nostalgic, curious, sometimes funny... people could only admire them for the whole day...