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And we’re back. After a wonderful three months away, we’re home again. And what a joy it is to be here! As Greg and I reflect on our trip, there are so many highlights – Fezzano and the Bay of… Continue Reading →
For us, no trip to Europe is complete without a stopover in Ireland to visit the Kinne-Coyle family. We missed the big kids this time – with Genevieve specialist nursing in England and Fionn producing music in Berlin – but… Continue Reading →
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, that delightful English region of rolling green hills, winding country lanes, and quaint villages with names like Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow on the Wold, and Chipping Campden. Curious though they be, those names have a basis in… Continue Reading →
If the south coast of Cornwall is pretty villages and picturesque harbours, the county’s north coast is more towering cliffs and surf beaches. We delighted in them both, but we headed to North Cornwall with a couple of specific destinations… Continue Reading →
It was 5:35am on a dark autumn morning in Rome. We pulled the door of our apartment closed and headed up the hill towards Termini railway station, not for the train this time, but for the bus – to Fiumicino… Continue Reading →
Here’s a map showing the locations of some of our travels during our – largely Italian – adventures from 2017-2019, and again in 2023. Click on a marker to see more.
And so, we come to the end of our time in Italy. We’d planned to go out with a few days in Rome and thought we’d spend the time just poking around, revisiting places we knew there. After the wonderful… Continue Reading →
The Dolomites, that massive mountain range stretching across Italy’s northeast, is one of our favourite places. The landscape here is spectacular – towering mountains rising above long, narrow valleys. It’s magnificent. We’ve twice spent Christmas in the Dolomites, when those… Continue Reading →
This beautiful city in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy has a lot going for it – mediaeval city walls, narrow cobbled streets, frescoed churches, pretty canals. Just a short hop north of Venice, Treviso has much of the charm… Continue Reading →
Summer may have passed, but the season of the festivals continues in Italy … and the small town of Castel San Pietro Terme seems to host a lot of them. Not far from Bologna, Castel San Pietro Terme is, among… Continue Reading →