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4 November 2021
Walking Tour I started my exploration of Venice around 0900, by roughly following the walking tour route in an old guidebook. From my accommodation, I walked south towards St Mark’s square, then west towards Ponte dell Accademia where I crossed the Grand Canal. Text continues after this gallery. Here I explored the bank […]
3 November 2021
Leaving Larnaca for Athens The bus to the airport runs along Larnaca’s waterfront and I was able to take it from near my apartment. The airport is located near a salt lake or salt flats, which I hadn’t noticed when I arrived. I got to the airport after 0800 and had to wait around 20 […]
17 August 2017
Above: Palermo Cathedral. Laundry day After a really bad night sleep (4 hours) of going to the loo with some diarrhoea, I thought it would be good to take another loperamide capsule (in addition to the one through the night). I was less bloated after 6 days but confidence was down, not knowing when I […]
16 August 2017
We had the day to explore the sights of Palermo. First up was the Catacomb of the Capuchins. A couple of wrong turns made the short drive into a long one (distance-wise but not too bad time-wise as it was largely on highway). Arriving at the Catacomb, we had someone ask for protection money for […]
15 August 2017
Today we change sides, moving from Catania in the east of Sicily to Palermo in the northwest. It was a better way of exploring the further parts of the island and Palermo without having to return to do a long trip. It was my fourth day of feeling bloated but life goes on, on the […]
14 August 2017
My bloatedness seems to be continuing (third day). But today I also felt drained. But we went out anyway, driving northwards past Taormina. We ended up in the beach area of Santa Teresa di Riva, a stretch with nice smooth stones. The water was as clear as southern Albania. We stopped for a coffee before […]
13 August 2017
We allowed ourselves to wake up without alarm today. With the shutters closed, it was a late wake-up and breakfast. We left after 1000 for a drive down to Siracusa where we walked to its historic centre Ortygia. Ortygia had at its heart an old Greek temple now used as its Cathedral. Apart from that […]
12 August 2017
I had booked a free walking tour of Catania for 1000 so we left the hotel in our car around 0900. The phone satnav’s route to the city wasn’t straight forward but that might be the nature of the city. We found a parking spot relatively easily near the University Square where we would start. […]
29 August 2016
In anticipation of our 5h night flight departing at 2300 to Reykjavik, we slept in and woke around 0800. We delayed our breakfast a little then packed up carefully. We wore our hot weather gear and packed our cold weather gear separately so we could change at the airport. As we checked out at 1100, […]
28 August 2016
Locals tell us this summer isn’t too hot but the forecast was for 36 degC. We decided on an early start to see the sights of the Vatican. We took the metro to near the Vatican and walked in the general direction to be astounded by the queue for the Museum. It had gone around […]