Category: Italy
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I’ve left Italy but where am I now?
I’ll reveal my latest location tomorrow but in the meantime will continue to drop some clues within this post. First though, here’s a quick teaser of the view from my room this very morning: But before today’s event, just a few paragraphs about the last couple of days as it was recently Kate’s last day. […]
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Pompeii and the mighty Mt. Vesuvius!
>But neither of these were my favourite experience of the day for that would come later in the evening. As some of you may know, Pompeii is of historical and modern day tourist significance due to the carnage the town and its people saw over 2000 years ago. I say modern day but really this has […]
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A day trip to beautiful Capri
As per a blog comment yesterday from a friend back home, a day trip to Capri transitioned from a consideration to an absolute definite and I’m glad we listened. We found an indivdual price for around 30 euros return by a shuttle boat which appeared to be the best price we could find. Speaking of […]
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Salute from sunny Sorrento
Lots of people including my Mother and Kate’s Father had said I should visit Sorrento as I was already this far south. As you can see, we didn’t disappoint. Kate had done her research and discovered that if we stayed on the outskirts, there were bargains to be had on the accommodation front so […]
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A familiar face and my biggest test yet!
As I eluded to in yesterday’s post, I did indeed head to the airport this morning but it wasn’t to board a plane. Instead I sat patiently in the ‘Arrivals’ area waiting for a familiar face. It was certainly a strange feeling me being the ‘local’ and welcoming a foreigner to […]
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Napoli: The birthplace of PIZZA!
>For the few of you that didn’t know that, you do now. “When you go to Naples you must order Pizza as it’s the best in the World“. This I was told a number of times and as a pizza lover back home in the UK, that was something I was a […]