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Meteora’s Magnificent Monasteries For several hours we’d been winding our way up through ancient woodland when we broached the top of a hill and the largest and oldest of Meteora’s monasteries – The Great Meteoron – came into view. Perched on the top of its sandstone pillar it appeared to float in the sky against a […]
If you’d asked me this time last year “What are your travel plans for next year?” I’d simply have replied – “Scotland… I’m going to visit my Mum who lives in Scotland” That’s it. full-stop But the magic of travel highlights is their serendipity – Travel Highlights By way of example, I’d never have imagined a […]
Postcards from far flung places are fun – So here’s a digital postcard from the south of France. Nimes’ version of the Colosseum – Les Arènes or amphitheatre. Les Arènes is purportedly the best preserved Roman Amphitheatre in the world – And is amongst the 20 largest of the 230 remains of amphitheatres found scattered across what was the Roman Empire. […]
““Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best — ” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called” quote […]
Last Saturday I tweeted a link to a previous post asking: “Do you write, draw or collect in your travel journal?” Ian, of @EagerExistance replied: “write and collect. what would i draw?” So I answered: “Not so much ‘drawing’ as doing impressionistic doodles that’ll jog your memory better than words” Having recently spent a […]
