Euphoric is the only way to describe how I feel when I am travelling in Italy. Have you ever seen a dog hanging it’s head out of a car window into the wind? That dog looks as though it is the happiest it has ever been in its whole doggy life. That is how I feel when I’m travelling in…
There is a bath in this accommodation we booked for a week in the hills behind La Spezia, Italy. This is a bath in which you can do yoga moves, not because you want to but because it is a necessity to get into/sit in/shower in or bathe in. You can sit in this bath with your back against the…
Take one beautifully hand cut stone stair, then multiply that by 300 and you have the stairs from our car to our accommodation on the Path of the Lemons. Multiply THAT by 1 ½ times and you have the stairs from Maiori back to the Path of the Lemons after a spectacular walk from Minori. Multiply THAT by 1 ½…
The 9 Rules for peeing on holiday… RULE ONE always know where your nearest food outlet is that might be big enough to have a toilet you can use RULE TWO be prepared to spend 3 euros on a cup of coffee you don’t need that will only make you want to pee again sooner rather than later RULE THREE wear suitable…
I took off my jeans today without undoing the button, or unzipping the zip. I did it really without thinking. Those jeans were, if not too tight, then certainly tight enough to be a little uncomfortable three and a half weeks ago. Bits of me that should not be exposed to the naked eye were squeezed over the top of…
Getting skinny – it’s a billion trillion quadrillion dollar industry the world over. Our lifestyles are not making us fit or healthy they are making us fat. Routines and boredom, lack of time and stress, low self-esteem and unhappiness, the sheer abundance of junk food and hormones (oh those hormones) all conspire to make us fat. Our lives make us…
THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD TRAVEL So that when you get to the end of the path, you can say you made your own path. So that you have memories that only you can have of an exact moment in time that will never, ever exist for anyone ever again in exactly the way it existed for you. In some…
Public toilets in Italy are few and far between. We have found only a few in our travels.If they are in tourist areas, they will be attended by an anti-social looking toilet attendant who will take your money and hand you toilet paper. The price may depend on where you are and what your need is. How does one become…
I love art. I love it in a very pauper-who-loves-art kind of way. I can’t do art and I can’t afford to own anyone famous, but I surround myself with pieces that make me feel something wonderful no matter their price or origin. I have never had an affinity for ancient art – art based on religion or ancient stick…
When Cara and myself travel, frankly we do it on a bit of a shoe string. We don’t go without anything but we would prefer to forgo tourist flash and pizzazz for more time away. One day in Venice is nowhere near long enough, but maybe that’s all you can afford either in time or cash. The thing is, using…