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Italy Day 9

The end was upon us, and we would be spending most of the day travelling, but just like any other day, I started this one with a short run - the last time I’d be running in Italy. Hopefully not the last ever as it’d be nice to one day return to Rome. It would have been nice to have done a slow parkrun at Florence’s Mensola park but this would have made things too tight in the morning, so I just co …

September 24, 2022

Ponte Vecchio at night

Italy Day 8

For our final day in Florence our main focus was the cathedral.

September 23, 2022

Manarola

Italy Day 7

Coach, train, and boat, we'd be travelling to Cinque Terre and then going from village to village to explore.

September 22, 2022

Florence

Italy Day 6

Today we'd be exploring Florence on foot, dependent upon how my sister's injured ankle felt.

September 21, 2022

Pisa

Italy Day 5

Today was the exciting day we'd get to visit Pisa, but perhaps there was more excitement than we'd bargained for.

September 20, 2022

Giant needle and thread

Italy Day 4

Today we moved on from Milan, and took the train to Florence.

September 19, 2022

Houses with a green backdrop with a lake in front

Italy Day 3

This was the first of our day trips - a coach ride to Lake Como

September 18, 2022

The white front of the Milan cathedral

Italy Day 2

Our first day was our best chance to see as much of Milan as we could, so it was always going to be a busy day. Perhaps it was a little more rushed than we'd anticipated.

September 17, 2022

Parco Milano Nord

Italy Day 1

It took most of the day to get from home to the apartment in Milan. Despite this, we decided we'd cook our own food this evening, and would begin exploring tomorrow.

September 16, 2022

Italy

For my second trip of 2022 I would be returning to Italy, a place I'd not been since 2009 and was keen to revisit to see more of, and with a better camera and photography skills than before.

September 6, 2022

A red sky at night illuminates the Acropolis in Athens, with residential buildings in the foreground.

Europe Day 12

It took a boat, a train, a bus, a plane, a bus, an underground train, and then about a mile of walking to get from our hotel in Venice to the one in Athens. There was so much potential for the entire day to be ruined if any one of those connections got delayed.

May 27, 2009

Rialto Bridge, Venice

Europe Day 11

This was our day for exploring Venice as the Italian heatwave continued on and drove most people indoors. We carried on seeing the sights, and getting a little lost.

May 26, 2009

Lido

Europe Day 10

Another train journey later and we'd travelled right across Italy to the watery city of Venice. Fortunately we weren't in a rush.

May 25, 2009

Roman Forum

Europe Day 9

By the time of our last day in Rome we didn't have much left to see. We started with the Roman Forum; but soon found ourselves watching Angels & Demons at the local cinema to pass the time.

May 24, 2009

Roman Pantheon

Europe Day 8

For our second day in Rome we concentrated on photographing some of the smaller sights such as the fountains and squares.

May 23, 2009

The Colosseum of Rome

Europe Day 7

We had a full day of exploring Rome, starting with the Vatican Museum and Saint Peters Basillica before crossing the Tiber at the Castel Sant'Angelo to continue on to the Colosseum.

May 22, 2009

View down an alleyway from a balcony

Europe Day 6

Already we were moving on - this time heading north by train to the city of Rome. It was my first time there, and James' second and we'd be spending a few days photographing as much as we possibly could.

May 21, 2009

Forum of Pompeii

Europe Day 5

This was one of the days I'd awaited eagerly. We were off to see the ruins of Pompeii, and would hopefully climb Mount Vesuvius as well - my first volcano.

May 20, 2009

San Francesco di Paola, Naples

Europe Day 4

Our swift tour of Berlin was over, and we were now onto our next country: Italy. Here we'd be starting in Naples and moving on from city to city by train until reaching the final country of our trip. For now we'd explore a city that seemed a bit of a dump.

May 19, 2009

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