Geography Giraffe

Geography Giraffe visits Italy

Storyline:  He’s on a search for the best pizza in Italy.  He goes through the different regions and he ultimately finds his favorite in Naples.  Along the way he stays on a restored farm, at a permaculture ecovillage, towns and cities around the country.

Regions:  Tuscany, Lazio, Emilia-Romangna, Sicily, Piedmont, Lombardy, Umbria, Abruzzo, Sardinia, Liguria, Veneto, Marche, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Aosta Valley, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, Molise

Cities:  Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice

Cuisine:  Pasta, Salads, Pizza, courses during meals, breakfast, lunch, pastries, gelato, desserts, locally-grown foods.  The giraffe tries different foods along the way.

History:  Etruscans, Romans, Greeks, City-States, Catholic Church, the Renaissance, Italian Nation-State

Sites:  Lake Como, Canals of Venice, Damanhur Ecovillage

Climate:  Mediterranean, warm, dry

Art + Culture:  paintings, sculptures, artists, museums

Landscape:  Topography, Vegetation, Farms, lakes, mountains, beaches

Waterways:  Tiber, Po, Adige, Arno, Tevere, Volturno

Seas: Adriatic Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Ligurian Sea, Ionian Sea