Category: Travel & Adventure
Iceland – Land of .. ummm.. ice!
For some reason I’d always thought of Iceland as contrary to what the name would suggest – covered in lots of green mountains and flowing rivers. Greenland on the other hand I’ve always thought of as completely covered in ice. It would seem that Iceland in winter is most definitely…
Madeira – Pérola do Atlântico
A long weekend spent on the island of Madeira, a small outpost of Portugal in the middle of the Atlantic. The main city Funchal has a unique art project underway where they’ve painted the doors and entranceways to help open up and revitalise old and abandoned areas of the city.…
Italy – Siena
Bad start to the day – just arrived in Siena and left my passport on the bus! Massive fail!!! Didn’t even realise till checking in at the hotel and they ask to see your ID. Fastest run have ever made back to the bus station – not too surprised to…
Italy – Rome (3)
Ok last post on this place.. but.. have to say that Rome was awesome.. and I don’t mean ‘was’ in the sense that it used to be the centre of a grand empire etc etc. but simply because I’m now on a bus out of there… Out early on Sunday morning…
Italy – Rome (2)
Pizza, pasta, beer, pizza, wine, calzone and pizza.. what’s not to love 🙂 Nan & Pop arrived in time for lunch (pizza and beer) and so kept it simple and walked past the forum down to colosseum and back around to capitol hill. Walked on set with Inspector Rex –…
Italy – Rome (1)
Going to spend a week in Italy. Plan to start in Rome and move up north to end in Venice. Grandparents have tagged along for the ride – should be interesting! We had an adventure just getting here. Forgot to book the car (mini-cab in English terms..) to the airport…