Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Ravello 2017
The weather had changed for the better and so I awoke to brilliant sunshine although Mr C slept well past the alarm going off. This gave me a chance to sit out on the balcony and read before going down for breakfast.
After breakfast we visited Villa Rufolo with its spectacular gardens and stunning views over [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 23rd 2017
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It’s not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it.
Gustav Mahler
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 22nd 2017
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Strong gusts of wind outside the window shutters woke me up just before the alarm went off. I looked out of the window to find several sunbeds had blown into the hotel pool and that the balcony table’s cloth and cushions had blown onto the floor. We made our way downstairs to breakfast which was [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 21st 2017
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The alarm going off at 3am seemed very early but it allowed us to get the airport in plenty of time for checking in at 4am. We checked in and passed through passport control without any problems. Now that we were not encumbered with our luggage we were able to enjoy breakfast which, for me, [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2017
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In the afternoon after Mr C had finished his ironing and packing we headed off to Manchester where we were staying overnight because of an early flight the next morning. The SatNav took us on our normal route passed Jodrell Bank. The radio telescope’s dish was upturned and as it had just started to rain [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2017
All our poetry, philosophy, science, art and religion serve to embrace with our understanding the spheres too vast and high.
Rabindranath Tagore
2 Comments CherryPie on Oct 15th 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Ravello 2017
I have just returned from holidaying in Ravello, Italy. Halfway through the holiday my camera failed; the shutter stuck in the closed position and the camera view remained black! This led to an unexpected adventure into non-tourist Italy to try and track down a small camera to accompany me on my Italian travels…
…more on the [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2017
