Dit was die grootste fout wat ek gemaak het. Om net een middag, een hele dag en een oggend uit te sit vir hierdie stad. Ek het aangeneem dat die stad meer ‘n toeriste foefie is as iets waardigs. En toe bewys die Ewigestad my heeltema verkeerd en nou het
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Forum Schmorum. I did not give it much thought before I went. It was included in the ticket (even though it was free Sunday, you still need a ticket to get in). Although it is right next to the Colosseum, it is less recognisable than its famous neighbour. And it
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The icon that is the Colosseum was number one on my Rome bucket list. The only place where I was prepared to stand in line, and as luck would have it, I was there on free Sunday. Some other people were also feeling lucky and by the time I got
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After Firenze, I was off to Rome, the Eternal City. The city that I thought was one big tourist trap, but trap or not, I wanted to go see the Colosseum. And then the city surprised me. A lot! Rome Schmome Rome schmome. I only went there to go see
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Florence is bekend vir sy kuns, maar ek is ‘n pleb op daardie gebied en dit was glad nie hoekom ek my daar bevind het. Florence was vir my eintlik ‘n bysaak. Ek wou bitter graag die Toskaanse platteland gesien het. Groen heuwels, bome soos soldate by die ingange van
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Een dag op die meer Na ‘n verbasende lekker nagrus in my eerste hostel, is ek al weer vroeg uit die vere. Ek geniet ‘n heerlike ontbyt met ‘n pragtige uitsig oor die Como meer en die Alpe. Sal my voortande gee om elke oggend so te kan begin. Dit
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Pizza and gelato under the Tuscan sun. Isn’t that what you think of when you think of Italy? (OK, that and pasta and ruins and leaning towers and….). But before I could ‘immerse’ myself in Tuscany, I first had to make it there. Still raining So, the last time that
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Souvenirs are some of my favourite ways to travel from home. I have quite the collection. And here is the thing, I did not buy them for myself. I know a lot of travellers and I am ashamed to say that I am not ashamed to badger them for a
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Vervoer in Europa Na my dag in Venesië moes ek voorwaaarts per trein! Ek het besluit om hier te noem hoe ek in die geheel ge-voorwaarts het op die langpad in die land van die Euro. In ‘n oogopslag die lande wie se treine ek al beproef het Duitsland :
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Yes, it does sound like a sneeze gone wrong, and although I did need some ‘Gesundheid’ after the flu took me down, the Cinque Terre is not supposed to be something to sneeze at. The ‘ 5 lands’ or towns are on many a tourist’s bucket list. Here is how
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