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Sights and Sounds of Marrakech
I was lingering uncertainly on the edge of the crowd as mesmerised as the snakes by the music when one of them suddenly lunged towards us and then slithered across the tarmac at great speed. As one we screamed and fled. I was glad I had not paid ten dirhams to take a photo because after being…
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A Bird’s Eye View of Some Treasures of Tuscany
Montecatini Alto is two hundred and seventy nine metres above Montecatini Terme – I know as I have ascended every one of them to look down on this spa town.
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The Road to Trento
Our first historical signpost on the road to Trento is Castello Toblino. Resplendent on its own peninsular surrounded by a lake of the same name this was once the summer residence of the Prince Bishops who wielded both temporal and religious power over the region of Trentino between 1027 and 1796.
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MUSE in Trento
Trento, the regional capital of Trentino in Northern Italy and famous as the host for the Council of Trent nearly 500 hundred years ago is now achieving fame as the home of a unique museum MUSE.
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Traditions of Pinzolo
I was doubled up with laughter as the stars of the show had finally arrived at full gallop and their audience had scattered. Once we had reached a safe place we watched the celebrities, a few hardy heifers, disappear in a cloud of dust and hooves. When order was restored the parade, only half way…
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Foundations of Verona - Medieval Verona
I craned my neck and squinted into the sun in order to see the statue of Cangrande I on top of its column. We were in the private cemetery of the della Scala family (whose members were known as the Scaglieri) which contains the tombs of the three most important members of the that ruled Verona…
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Foundations of Verona - Roman Verona
I stepped through the archway Portoni della Bra, that leads into Piazza Bra from Corsa Porto Nuova and it felt as though I had gone back in time.
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Portrait of a Parade
Italian bus timetables are a masterpiece of confusion. Well, that was my excuse for ending up in Tione four hours before the next bus to Trento.
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A Day on Lake Garda
A cool breeze wafted through my hair as I relaxed in my seat in the shade and watched the shore and the pastel coloured buildings of Riva del Garda recede into the distance.
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A Week in Madonna di Campiglio
Many years ago the valley that is now occupied by the prosperous resort of Madonna di Campiglio in Trentino, Italy was a poor, infertile, rock strewn region. Its only resource was timber from the large forests and woods that clothed the slopes of the mountains. The only people attracted to the…
