Hotel Marchese D'Altavilla Tropea

... nature did not let up all day. I woke to rain coming down in sheets. The trees doing their best to survive, bending at the waist, dancing in circles to resist being ripped from their earthy home. <br> I however must make the best of it as rain is just another face to a day, so I decided, to darn my socks. Nice eh? <br> My sock stock has dwindled while on this trip and for some reason I haven't just gone out to buy some more (partly because I keep telling myself ...

... I have many pictures to post when I get home, it's just breath-taking.<br> <br>But I am getting by, Anna took me to Vibo Centre yesterday, to go shopping, because as she tells me, everyone in her family comments about how she always gives money away so freely.... because of how much shopping she does!<br>I will admit, I have been taken to the mall here three or so times now, and I have not allowed myself to shop ...

... fruit tree which grows there. This is an area for beach holiday combined with hiking, climbing and rafting in the Pollino Mountains. If you want to practice river rafting, there are two well-known sports companies that organize trips: the Centro Lao Action raft rafting Aventure Lao, both in Scalea.<br><br>Costa Viola (named after the purple glimmering water of the sea) from Nicotera up to the southernmost town of Reggio Calabria, renowned for ...

... of teenage girls sitting in their chairs outside their homes doing lacework just chatting away and we couldn't help but comment about how young they were. We expected to see older ladies sitting there doing that, but we suspect tradition is fully imbued in their normal daily activities in San Giorgio. We walked all of the way up to the medieval castle at the top of the town and noticed an incredible amount of construction work. It seems as ...

... not enough time. Next day we catch the ferry to Capri - I've been there on day-trips a couple of times before many, many years ago, but this time we stay for a couple of nights. Even though it's getting towards the end of the season it's still very crowded. During the day boatloads of people visit, but even in the evening the little piazzetta (sorry, it's a tautology, a piazzetta is a little piazza) is completely full of people dressed up to the nines sitting at the outdoor ...

... times. Of course we were curious to see this place as it was all very matter of fact. So up we went, and found a beautiful site overlooking the country and sea with an open air church and two fenced in squares stating the exact dates when Jesus appeared there. Very unusual and for me very strange and rather funny - I can't imagine ever seeing a sign like that in Australia that's for sure!

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... in Italy's lyrical vernacular. The new language grew steadily in importance, mainly perpetuated by life in the burghs and it was in this type of cultural background that the ideas and poetry of Dante blossomed, who wrote the first ever work of poetry in the Florentine vernacular, the marvellous Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy ...

... I gave the order, "Fold the sideview mirrors in!" Thrilling to say the least! After another round of stopping for directions and a couple of "Amazing Race" navigational moments we were able to find the hotel, seven kilometers north of the town of Tropea. The hotel was located in the town of Zambrone, well the outskirts of Zambrone along with the other hotels, we found it after one more stop at a gas station to ask ...

Estas fotos son muy especiales porque son de mi primer visita a la hermana de mi bisabuela en Santo Onofrio un pueblo muy chiquitito y humilde de donde salieron los Virdo (familiares paternos). Mucha emocion en la visita y la sorpresa de saber que la hermana de mi bisabuela murio con record de longevidad a los 106! Hasta desde el Vaticano le enviaban saludos.