Tropis Tropea

... tucked into their beds. I made a cup of tea, grabbed my book and headed out to the porch to just soak in some Vitamin D!
Greg eventually ambles his way out to my haven and asks me if I've had breakfast, he invites me to go out with him to catch some food. Which here, usually means a chocolate croissant. But I'm not arguing!
Greg asks me if I want to go see the beach, and I defer to him, even though I have been aching to see the sea, and just the ...

I wish I could draw. Because then I could show you the exact expressions around me, the face that Greg makes when he's telling a joke, that exact expression that reminds me so much of my Nonno (grandfather) it almost hurts, and it makes me laugh, then I get funny looks as no one understands what I find so funny.
I would depict for you how the sun shines, so brightly here in the mornings, reflecting life ...

... to the Tyrrhenian coast, the coastal landscape of the ionion coast is rather flat. Mountain villages with Greek and Byzantine traces can be found in Locri, Gerace and Stilo.

In the north of Calabria rises the Pollino Mountain, a high mountain range with characteristic river valleys, ideal for an active holiday. In the center of the toe of Calabria lies the Sila, a beautiful mountainous region with beautiful forests and lakes, a popular ...

... in the motherland. San Giorgio Morgeto is a quiet village on the side of a mountain in the Aspromonte National Park. Although it is a town of about 3,000 people, they all seem like family. It was amazing to walk the streets and not only get a very pleasant 'Buon giorno' from people, but on a number of occasions we were asked in to peoples homes for coffee, a glass of wine, lunch, and even some grappa. It was wonderful hospitality. We saw a ...

... she's settled in quite nicely. I had asked her to keep some time free to travel with me to Sicily to meet my (her) relatives, so this entry is the first part of the trip where we travel down through southern Italy on our way to Sicily. Giuliana and I set off south and as you would know by now I generally have no particular plan or agenda. My cousin Gianluca has recommended we visit the Tremiti islands about 2/3rds of the way down Italy's Adriatic coast but we miss the ...

Tropea is a seaside town that is not really on the international tourist circuit. However it is a tourist hot spot for Italians. Gianluca recommended that we go there so Dad and I stopped there on the way down to Sicily. It was absolutely incredible! The water was crystal clear blue, the beaches covered in soft white sand and there was a rock shelf that you could jump off into the water ...

... 500 people participating in approximately 150 Italian courses. The students come from all over the world and range in age from 18 to 85. The average age of our course participants is around 38 years. The Italian language courses provide a range of interesting and varied activities. Our teachers are well qualified native speakers and hold degrees in Italian literature and/or ...

... 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 ...

... would help in the Hunt for the La Praia Hotel. Based on the scrap of map that was provided in the printout we first search the area by the sea and after a series of deep 180 turns heading downhill we reached the sea area of Tropea only to find that alas, no La Praia Hotel was located there. We did manage to find a nice marina and a scary camping ground though. So back up the hill and into the town itself and after an ...

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.