"Moritz is here He is like a younger brother of mine " Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Moritz Moritz Italy trip: an autobiographical self-discovery that makes him a contemporary admired by Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, Hubert Fichte or Peter Handke. Karl Philipp Moritz was Goethe's twin brother who was pursued by bad luck. A deep inner kinship much too little perceived unites both of them. They spent their Roman years almost simultaneously. Italy was never again described as lively, vivid and varied as by Karl Philipp Moritz, not even by Goethe. The travels of a German in Italy and the Italian Journey belong together as the quintessence of the German experience of Italy at the end of the 18th century. Verona is Moritz's gateway to the south, he gets to know the Adriatic coast, to visit Rome, Naples and Pompei, Vesuvius and Capri, Sorrento and.