Category: All-posts
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Sicily and beautiful Italy
“…is both beautiful and it’s cheap” – is what I have been told numerous times in these last six months and by mainland Italians. Is there a better combination!? I discovered I was able to confirm half of this at the earliest opportunity possible – from on-board the plane! I remember thinking to myself even bleary eyed […]
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Highs and lows in Florence, Tuscany
I’ve arrived in the most inhabited city of Tuscany – Florence (or Firenze in Italian). That’s actually useful to know as you’ll be waiting for a long time in the train station if you’re looking for ‘Florence’. Here is the adjoining building attached to the rear of my hostel: Your eyes are not deceiving you – that really […]
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Two days in Pisa, Tuscany
Having arrived in Pisa means of course that I’ve successfully made it back to the mainland. As a budgeting backpacker, I have to admit I was happy to be back on less expensive, less exclusive land. And I took a boat, okay, ferry. Look, I was even one of the first on board! For those […]
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Moving up north through Corsica
It was already time to leave Bonafacio – much to my disappointment. You saw how captivating the place was as depicted in my previous post. Last night I researched the possible route options available to me moving north and realistically I had two choices: head north west to Ajaccio or head north east to Porto Vecchio. That’s […]
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Thinking of visiting Sardenga or Corsica?
Informational post for travellers or holiday makers wanting to visit either island. Regular readers feel free to skim through the content as the majority of the writing won’t be immediately relevant to you. Alternatively, just pick out any parts that might be of light interest to you, the small summary at the end for example: […]
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The beauty of Bonafacio, Corsica
Yes, that means I’ve landed on the French island of Corsica and therefore the third of my five island challenge! Just like we hear on the television, the following post contains some flash photography but hopefully not the type that will give you a seizure. . But first we continue our journey together following my post… Having arrived […]