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I felt at home in Trieste as my Italian had improved in the last 5 weeks. I think that on another trip to Italy, booking a week long intensive Italian course would be useful. I saw many conversational courses advertised that included accomodation. One in Bergamo caught my attention but there...

Can I also suggest spraying soft sided luggage and back packs with a can of Scotchgard or Selleys fabric protector from Bunnings $10. I spray all new luggage before travel, then top up in between trips. Water repelling treatment helps, and the garbage bag trick sounds good too.

Durban, Canary Islands, Sicily, Naples, Genoa...then the start of my love of train travel with a Eurail pass across Europe. No mobile, no ipad, no data, no money !

Beautiful high quality photos..thanks for posting.

Yes they were the good ‘ol days when only the wealthy could afford an airfare to the UK. I sailed on the Guglielmo Marconi from Fremantle to Genoa in 1969. The boring part of the journey was across the Indian Ocean to Durban 10 days ! I may be wrong but I think the whole journey took 4...

I had a Melanoma removed nearly a year ago from my shoulder ... and that was a wake up call. I don’t mind the scar at all, figure it saved my life in the long term and made me vigilant in inspecting for any changes in other moles and bumps. Being Anglo-Saxon has it’s drawbacks. Not that I...

Late June and time to say farewell to Italy, after 5 weeks spent just concentrating on seeing the North. We flew into Milan and my husband (the not so keen traveller) departed from there back to Perth. I then took a fast train from Milano Centrale across the country to Venice, where I had...

Lucky you Renato. Basssano del Grappa is a pretty town. The train and bus services are good.

Next stop PADUA - a University (c 1222) town where Gailileo taught, that is only 30 minutes from Venice by train. The train station is a decent walk from the University area and the central Prato della Valle, but there is an easy tram system. I advise prebooking tickets online to the...

This small town punches well above their weight with the Cherry Festival in May/June and a bi-annual human chess pageant and play held in the Castle Piazza with the whole town lit by torches, and the inhabitants dressed in Renaissance costumes. The storyline features weapons, horses, flag...

Marostica - well worth a half or full day detour.

Last week in Italy of the 5 week stay. I will just cover some highlights of Vicenza, Padua, and Marostica as Bologna and Venice are well known destinations to most tourists who visit Italy. VICENZA is an often overlooked town very close to Venice and a must see if you are interested in...

I read the article on the BBC website, pity that it is only one gate at Gatwick and Easyjet - but it’s a start. They called it Boarding Bingo.

The Gonzaga family certainly knew how to decorate 😀 Shakespeare mentioned Mantua in his play Romeo and Juliet, Verdi in the Opera Rigloletto and Vivaldi was inspired to comprise the Four Seasons while working here. Mantua was quite different from many of the other Italian cities. Clean and...