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Postcards from the road, Page 4

Postcards from the road are usually quick updates on places I’ve been, things I’ve seen. Often uploaded in real-time.

They’re heavy on the photos, light on the words…just like the old-fashioned snail mail postcards we used to send back in the dark ages.

Hello Dubai

So we sadly left Italy to head for home, but we still had one location to visit on the way… Dubai. A …

Street scene

A final look at Rome. See that church in the background? It was undergoing restoration – but, how thoughtful! The scaffolding shows …

The Roman underground

By this time, we were actually feeling a bit over Rome. It was hot, it was really crowded and we’d packed a …

Ancient Rome

The one place in Rome The Impossible Princess was really keen to see was The Colosseum. We got there at opening time …

Just.too.much

After two weeks of  ‘doing’ Italy, we were starting to get a bit museum-weary. But you can’t come to Rome and not …

Roma with the Christians

Our last Italian stop for the trip. Rome. Arriving early afternoon, we headed straight out to go see some things, like: The …

Someone had a birthday in Capri

Queenie always celebrates her birthday during the September school holidays. This has its advantages and disadvantages – for instance, she doesn’t have …

Next time…

One of the things common to all our holidays is that we see places that seem really interesting and we start making …

Gattini

Cats are a common sight around Sorrento and the Amalfi. They seemed to be a chilled-out group of felines. Taking life easy. …

Defying gravity

From Sorrento a spectacular road winds over the Peninsula and around the cliff faces of the Amalfi Coast to the village of Positano. …