Neil surveys the view at the pretty coastal town of Amalfi. It is indeed Salad days . . . Here’s a different view of Amalfi, a gorgeous little piece of paradise. A speciality of the region – delicate, ornate little painted tiles. Next to the obligitory moped!!! Here’s another of the beautiful little villages onContinue reading “Amalfi coast – spectacular”
Category Archives: Italy
Capri and Sorrento
I love Lemon based tacky products and Capri and Sorrento are simply crammed full of the yellow, fragrant, marvellous little blighters. Even with its chic boulevard of designer shops – Prada, Louis Vitton etc etc (if that is your bag) you can still find a veritable cornucopia of tat in Capri!!! There’s a fantastic (byContinue reading “Capri and Sorrento”
Capri and Sorrento 2012
So back to Italy, for the fourth time! Despite swearing blind last year I would never spend my hard earned money in the grumpy rude fest that is Italy, back we go! Just can’t keep away from the culture, astounding architecture and glamourous beaches. First off, the glorious wedding of a close friend in Rome. MarriedContinue reading “Capri and Sorrento 2012”
Italian count down!
Not long now readers, a fortnight today I will be back in sunny, grumpy, rude, frustrating, marvellous Italy! (Yes I know I swore blind after last year that I wouldn’t set foot there again . . ) Blame one of my best friends for having to have a super glam wedding in Rome! So it’s back toContinue reading “Italian count down!”
Back to Rome, who’d a thought it!
Well, what a turn up for the books, after swearing blind to the other half for the past five years that I “never go anywhere twice as there is some much more I want to see . .” what are we doing? Yeap heading back to Rome, my all time favourite city to date. WhatContinue reading “Back to Rome, who’d a thought it!”
Vatican museum and the Gallery of Maps
Determined to get Neil into something cultural we head for the Vatican Museums. Well, we go round the corner from St Peters and slap bang into an EPIC queue! We stand in a queue that stretches forever, in total we probably wait about two hours to get into the Vatican museums, but I am determinedContinue reading “Vatican museum and the Gallery of Maps”
Vatican city, steps and icecream
Off to Vatican City on my non stop tourism quest. Vatican City is the smallest independent state in the world by area, and also the world’s least populated. (Cheers Wikipedia, as always) First up St Peter’s Square and Basilica. St Peter’s is a late Renaissance church with the largest interior of any Christian church inContinue reading “Vatican city, steps and icecream”
Rome November 2007
Our first ever trip to Italy was way back in 2007 when we headed to the Eternal City – Rome. Catching the bus to the city from the airport I did wonder what we were going to, so much graffiti covering shop blinds and walls, it seemed more like a ghetto than a historic, beautiful city.Continue reading “Rome November 2007”
Gondolas & paint box bright
Whenever you think of Venice there is always one thing that is bound to be mentioned – Gondolas, those romantic, stereotypical visions of Venice that ply their trade on the canals. The gondola is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian Lagoon. For centuries gondolas were the chief meansContinue reading “Gondolas & paint box bright”
Venice Nov 2008
Back through the whirling mists of time now peeps, back to a fantastic break to Venice, the elaborate, gorgeous, decaying, sinking city of canals, mists and gondolas. We arrived in the dark to find the B and B we had chosen had doubled booked our room and had an alternative for us for one night.Continue reading “Venice Nov 2008”