Category: Travel
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Trinidad, Cuba- Where Time Stands Still
Trinidad, Cuba. A land where time stood still waiting for us to see what was left behind. Where Havana has my heart, Trinidad sips into my soul. The essence of life; authentic and dizzying, deep and deeper, history. I was not ready to leave. I have never been to a place like Trinidad and I know I never will. She is…
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Cinque Terre- The Five Wonders
Close your eyes and picture your most enchanting dream, a place where you’ve longed to go but can only do that in a dream. Are you there? Its perfect, sands beneath the soles of your feet, sweet sea breeze, the azure blue ocean stretches as far as the eyes can see. Ice cream, lots of ice cream, more…
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Florence- Eat. Play. Stay.
Always and forever, Florence will have my heart. I could go back there everyday and still never have enough of it. The people. Their passion. The food. The ambience. Even the tourists, nothing ever makes Florence less that what it is- BEAUTIFUL. EAT In Florence you can eat anywhere and everywhere there is no shortage of…
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Florence- Love At First Sight. Always…
Perhaps the first thing you notice about Florence is her astounding beauty and romance, a city surrounded by evidence of times past, a presence of beauty, and an endless charm for the future. Even with the tourists swarming at peak season nothing takes away from her beauty. It feels like you are in a cocoon, trapped in a…
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Eight Hours In Paris- An Exhibition, Eclairs & Escargot
What do you do when you have enough time on your hands and nothing to do? Why you hop on a plane to Paris of course. Its only natural ;). Paris is joyous in Spring time, absolutely beautiful. This was to be the only sunny day in the city for a while, every other day forecasts showers, so it…
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Havana, Cuba- Wild Nights With A Wild Heart
Cuba. The land that time never forgot. I have a bucket list, actually two; one utterly fantastical, the other with a touch of the real, things I hope to achieve in this life time. Visiting Cuba is on both lists, that world, a mystery to so many. It was a long time coming, my whole wandering existence led up to that moment, culminated with the…
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A City of 100 Churches- Lucca, Italy
Okay, I only have two for you. Lucca is a town of gothic churches, 100 of them reportedly, and the home of Madam Butterfly composer Giacomo Puccini. By now you ought to know that I love Italy. Much more than France. I love Florence much more than Paris. Paris is beautiful, I’ll always give it…
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Pretzels On Stained Windows- Freiburger Münster
I’ll admit when it comes to travel, Germany is not my first port of call, and I’ve never fancied visiting until my sister moved there, even so, it took me well over ten years to pop over for baby sitting weekend with my niece and nephew. Freiburg is one of those unusual boarder towns that leads…
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Spring’s Summon- La Primavera by Botticelli
Heart. Spring. Beauty. Sublime. Intrigue. Discourse. Discord… all embody my favourite painting La Primavera (Allegory of Spring) by Sandro Botticelli. In my opinion this is his MOST stunning work of art- some would attribute that to The Birth of Venus, but I beg to differ. Don’t get me wrong, Venus is stunning, and I love…