Padova aka: Padua

was in 2003 to visit my personal angel on my way to the ocean…

I can’t say that I remember much about the town… we arrived in the midst of the World Cup 1998 and were swept into a local pub to watch the match surrounded by screaming Italians only to be swept along a street crowded waving scarves and replete with the celebratory honking of altogether too many mopeds.

It was an amazing experience (particularly for a young American who was completely unaware of the European fervor for football) but I’ll have to go back to Padua to see the town itself.

Padova is a city that notes its heritage but, I think crucially, is not bound by it. The historic city center is not preserved in aspic, and there’s a certain ease I found there which allows for the new and old to mingle in a way where the design of the old still stands strong. I came to Padova because of a good friend who lived there, and left feeling like I had been lucky to be here than a more well-known location, because it felt less like a tourist visit and more like a temporary home.

Spent 3 months studying at the university here. Lovely city, young atmosphere.

I felt this is one of the least lively city I visited, it’s fairly uneventful, not too much to see, there’s some shopping however nothing you can’t get in other cities.

A topless family waterpark ! What a country ! ..lol

I’m Brazilian and also a citizen of Italy. Part of my family comes from Padova, and that makes this trip even more attractive to me.

I’ve been here…but I’d go back in an Italian minute!!

Lived here for a month during high school. A strange university town. It was an apartment with all marble floors. Very cold.