Italy
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Wednesday, 15 Jul 2015 | Photo Gallery
I don't actually own a camera, all these were taken on my phone. Google images has better snaps
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Tags: cinque terre, florence, herculaneum, italy, perugia, poligiano, rome, venice
Tuesday, 14 Jul 2015 | Views [633]
So it was finally day 30. The last full day before we headed home. The trip had seemed to last an age, but also, now it seemed to be over too soon. I was so relieved to finally be getting away from my friend. The tense silences, the loneliness, the passive ... Read more >
Tags: da pallone, eating alone, naples, pizza, sola, solo
Monday, 13 Jul 2015 | Views [444]
I wish I could say this was a bad first impression of Naples, but it was a pretty accurate one. Everywhere looked like that neighbourhood. Dirty, dingy, terrifying. The only part of Naples that is clean is the metro- the central stops are decorated with ... Read more >
Tags: dante, friendship, herculaneum, loss, naples, versuvius
Sunday, 12 Jul 2015 | Views [437]
We got a bus from Bari to Naples for the sake of our wallets. I watched out the window as the golden fields grew more and more fertile and the great Vesuvius grew closer and more imposing. Our first view of Naples was a city of skyscrapers, construction ... Read more >
Tags: naples, napoli, napoli centrale
Wednesday, 8 Jul 2015 | Views [435]
Two of the best sites in Puglia and the surrounding area are the small towns of Alberobello and Matera. Both are easily accessible by specially designated trains from Bari and both are unesco world heritage sites. Alberobello means white tree, and probably ... Read more >
Tags: alberobello, basilicata, matera, puglia, rock, sassi, trulli
Saturday, 4 Jul 2015 | Views [257]
Our last full day in Rome I decided to bridge the gap that had been forming between us and organise that we spend the whole day together. We would wake up early, like 6am early, in order to get into St Peter’s Basilica before the queues formed ... Read more >
Wednesday, 1 Jul 2015 | Views [388]
The next day we were so hot we spent most of it just shut up in the apartment, trying to keep the cool air in. There was a TV with a DVD player in the main bedroom and we searched for something to watch. But all they had were tourism DVDs. I looked through ... Read more >
Tags: roma, rome, sistine chapel, tivere, trastivere, vatican city, vatican museum
Monday, 29 Jun 2015 | Views [364]
We had 5 whole days in Rome, which for me is a long time in one place. We had a lot planned and we got a lot done, but we learnt quickly we had to adapt to survive in this place. The sun is hot and the place is busy and hard to navigate. And I had to ... Read more >
Tags: colosseum, palatne hill, roma, roman forum, rome, trevi fountain
Sunday, 14 Jun 2015 | Views [337]
I had been planning this trip since I was a little girl, sitting in my great grandmother’s dining room, the smell of simmering meatballs and ragù on the stove and her thick, sometimes indecipherable, accent flowing through the air, painting ... Read more >
Tags: dream, first time traveller, italy, milan, milano, travel
