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Flashback Friday: Skiing in the Italian Alps

Posted On 2016-04-29 By Suneecomment

It rarely snows in South Africa, and never in Pretoria where we live. If we’re having a particularly cold winter, the Drakensberg mountains might get a light coating of the muddy-white stuff, but not enough to ski in. I was 21 years old, on holiday in Europe, when I first stood in ankle-deep snow, marvelling at the tiny […]

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Category: Ciao Italy 2014/Europe/Italy

Travellers x2: Ciao Italy 2014

Posted On 2016-03-182017-01-25 By Suneecomment

When two people are travelling together, there are bound to be some things that the one didn’t enjoy quite as much as the other one. I think it’s a good idea to reflect on the trip afterwards, to learn from possible mistakes and to better plan for the next one. So… the verdict is out […]

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Celebrating My Birthday in the Vatican City

Posted On 2016-03-15 By Suneecomment
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Milestone birthdays should be celebrated, the more spectacular the better. If, like me, you exist in a Peter Pan-like state, it’s best to forget about your age and rather focus on a wonderful experience. For that reason I had decided to spend my 35th birthday in Italy and, more specifically, I wanted the day to […]

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Our Five Favourite Fountains in Rome

Posted On 2016-03-082016-03-12 By Suneecomment

There are perhaps as many as a thousand fountains spread out all across Rome, according to the Inguide to Rome. They were once ancient shrines to water nymphs, but nowadays locals and tourists alike come to quench their thirst at the cool mountain waters still transported via aqueduct to the city. Some of the fountains […]

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Scammed in the Borghese Gardens

Posted On 2016-03-032017-01-25 By Suneecomment

The Inguide to Rome calls the Borghese gardens a “splendid park” and “one of the most beautiful parks in Rome”. True as that may be, our memories of it have been forever tainted by the scammers that prey on gullible tourists underneath its green boughs. Now, we’re South Africans and pretty used to warding off […]

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A Musical Interlude at the Pantheon in Rome

Posted On 2016-03-01 By Suneecomment

Isn’t it wonderful when travel serendipity conspires to bring you an unexpectedly memorable day? Gareth and I had such a day when we visited the Pantheon while in Rome during a three-week trip to Italy. Not only did we get to see one of the oldest temples in the Eternal City, another relic from Emperor Hadrian’s […]

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Of Castles and Holy Angels – Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo

Posted On 2016-02-182017-01-25 By Suneecomment

One of the stops on our self-guided Demons & Angels tour of Rome, Castel Sant’Angelo has been on my must-see list since the first time I set foot in the Eternal City. The round fortress dominates its surroundings by sheer size and antiquity and I’ve always wanted to know what was going on inside its […]

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Our Self-Guided Angels & Demons Tour of Rome

Posted On 2016-02-122017-01-25 By Suneecomment
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Gareth and I both enjoyed Dan Brown’s bestselling novel Angels and Demons and we’re huge fans of the Tom Hanks film as well. So when we visited Rome, we went out of our way to see some of the Eternal City’s featured sights. Here’s what we found (there might be some spoilers below for those […]

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A Brush with History in the Roman Forum

Posted On 2016-01-242017-01-25 By Suneecomment

Rome is a crazy, busy, noisy city. But step onto the ancient Via Sacra, past the Arch of Constantine and into the Roman Forum, and you will leave all of that behind. If your imagination is active enough, and you choose one of the side paths not trampled by the hordes of tourists, it is […]

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Conquering the Colosseum

Posted On 2016-01-172017-01-25 By Suneecomment

Our first experience of the Colosseum left much to be desired.                       It was the very first thing we went to see when we arrived in Rome. At 10:00 in the morning, the queue already stretched outside and around the building. Not having bought prepaid […]

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