Venice was very hot. It is built on 170 different islands.
I found it quite boring , tho it was better than Dubrovnik. I had to stop mum looking in every second Venetian glass jewellery shop.
I liked the the coca cola flavour slushy and also the ice cream that we bought. I also [...]
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Venice (2)
Posted in Italy on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Joseph’s Photo Diary (2)
Posted in Croatia, Italy on July 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s got to be better than writing a diary. Photos from Italy and Croatia.
- Joe
Venice (1)
Posted in Italy on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I can’t believe i have been here twice before – how could I have completely forgotten it?! It is exceptionally pretty and still feels lived in. (Certainly the outskirts do – as Brian and I established beyond doubt while driving around aimlessly and endlessly looking for our camp, reality bearing no relation to our [...]
Ferry to Albania
Posted in Italy on July 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
First we had to wait in a huge queue of cars, and then it turned out that we were in the wrong lane so (Dad using his new Italian driving skills) we pushed in front of a red car. When we finally got on board it was after 11pm but we were wide awake.
Dad [...]
Leaving Italy
Posted in Italy on July 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ellen, Patrick and I packed up in hotter than ever temps while Brian and Joseph tackled internet related things. A last swim and we were off , heading for Bari on the opposite coast and the ferry to Albania.
I have loved Italy – dusty olive tress and a feeling of shared history almost hovering [...]
Pompeii
Posted in Italy on July 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The terrifying trip down the Amafi Coast was meant to be our day of ease – as opposed to being a day of shattered nerves and strained marital relations when the wife has no head for heights and the husband is new to a large left hand drive van.
The following day we decided to tackle [...]
Sorrento (3)
Posted in Italy on July 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We stayed 3 nights in all in the Camping Ground near Sorrento. Initially I thought we had made a mistake in choosing it – the swimming was wonderful, spectacular even, with a view across the bay of Naples to Vesuvius – but the drive to get in and out of there through rush hour [...]
Sorrento (2)
Posted in Italy on July 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We are in Naples. It smells pretty bad. We are at the camping site. We have gone for lots of swimsin the sea and in the pool. Today we are going to Pompei. I have seen lots of lizards. I am really missing eating cornflakes. We swam about 50 metres out into the sea to [...]
Sorrento (1)
Posted in Italy on July 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We drove down from Rome to Naples. It was a very boring, long drive but we had a humungus van called a Jumpy so we weren’t squashed. When we got there it was 8.45pm and we put up the tents in the dark, then realised one was still broken from camping with the Caseys! We [...]
Rome (4)
Posted in Italy on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day 2 in Rome was a very full day. We started with the Vatican, visiting St Peter’s – Annie with Joseph’s jumper over her bare shoulders – and down to the crypt where many Popes are buried. But decided to skip the Sistine chapel as Paddy in particular was tired and the queue was huge.
Wandered [...]
