Pompeii Hierdie antieke besoek was my laaste een vir Italië, en ‘memorable’ as mens dit nou so kan noem. Om by Pompeii te kom met mens met ‘n streekstrein ry. Dit is glad nie gekoppel aan die nasionale treine nie. Hulle doen dus hulle eie ding. Ek het noggal wilde
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Hierdie is ‘n pragtige deel van die wêreld. Die Amalfi kus was vir my mooier as die Cinque Terre kus. Prentjie mooi met al die piekenienie dorpies wat hang aan die kranse, die geel van suurlemoene orals en keramiek prentjies wat orals uitsteek. Skop af by Salerno My dag het
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After dusting off historic Rome, I was headed to the city of pizza🕠and mobsters🧛♀️, Napoli. Naples was not at all on my to-do list, but as my flight home left in the morning from the Naples airport, it made sense to make it my base for the last few
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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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Piazzale Michelangelo After finally getting back in Florence after the botched Vespa tour, I still had much to see. I headed to the famous Piazzale Michelangelo (Michelangelo Square) on the hill on the South bank of the Arno River. (sommer a little bit of Geography😉 ) I just aimed towards
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Being squashed in a stupid little clown car on a cold rainy day with no idea where I was, was not the day that I had in mind. What a day it should have been! What I did have in mind was a day full of country air and sunny
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