Category: Travel
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12 Days of Advent | Day 10 – Chase The Winter Sun
BA has a sale going at the moment and my favourite thing to do is to plan my year’s travel during the sale and whittle it down to two or three if I am extra rebellious. In the winter months I have two options; Marrakech or Venice; there something ever so wildly beautiful about going…
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Fundamentals of a Summer Holiday Wardrobe
It’s the summer and everyone is headed to wherever for some much-needed time off, for a long weekend perhaps? Or a two week banger… for however long we are away, whether it’s the French or the Moroccan Riviera the rules of packing for the summer holidays are really simple… to keep it well, simple. There…
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Il Dolce Far Niente – Notes from the Amalfi Coast: Sorrento
In Sorrento, we were less harried, there was less of a crowd, the streets were more peaceful and easier to navigate without jostling for space, lemon or was it orange trees lined the streets, and we took our time ambling along. We dined by the beach on the freshest catch, walked the road of the…
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Il Dolce Far Niente: Notes From The Amalfi Coast – Ravello
In Ravello, we marvelled at gardens and were stunned by the views. This is probably my favourite place on the Amalfi Coast, not quite off the beaten path but off the well-trodden path and something of a trek to get to. Ravello is a quiet town with an easy soul; it feels like the soothing…
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Il Dolce Far Niente – Notes from the Amalfi Coast – Amalfi
I have a vivid recollection of getting to Amalfi; on a bus from Positano, I think we could have walked it even but then we aren’t locals and the hair pin bends coupled with the fact that I do not know the lay of the land very well, did not leave me brave enough to…
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Il Dolce Far Niente – Notes from the Amalfi Coast: Positano
Why do we go to the Amalfi Coast? The answer is simple, to do nothing. Not visit museums or churches or anywhere of significance though I am sure that there are many places like that there, but this is the place we go to switch off and it is perfect. My most formative memory of…
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IL David di Michelangelo
Masterpiece is a word that gets thrown around too often for it to mean anything these days but in some respects it is a befitting word, maybe even inadequate. La Primavera is, in my opinion, the masterpiece when compared to Venus. The Flat Iron building in Manhattan is an architectural masterpiece. Tutu by Ben Enwonu…
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FERRARI
Ferrari. As far back as I can remember, I’ve had this thing for Ferrari and Michael Schumacher was my driver for the ages until Hamilton came along and it was a tug of war between the two because Schumi’s years in Ferrari are some of the best years in racing and I would go so…
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CHURCHES OF EUROPE | SAGRADA FAMILIA
This is the most magnificent church, THIS IS THE MOST MAGNIFICENT CHURCH, IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. QUOTE ME ON THAT. And it is not even finished yet. It has taken over 100 years to build, and is now in its home straits, they promise to complete by 2026. The story of La Sagrada Familia is…