We chose to have breakfast in the fresh air looking towards St Peter’s Basilica in the distance. Our food attracted a lone wasp so we distracted it by leaving a few scraps of food on a separate plate which kept it entertained and away from my food.
Today was Mr C’s significant birthday and he chose [...]
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Rome – Day Four
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 25th 2024
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Rome – Day Three
The buffet breakfast had all the usual options on offer; I enjoyed choosing items from the continental selection.
Before leaving the hotel, we purchased a three day ‘I Love Rome’ hop-on hop-off bus ticket. The hotel receptionist advised us to catch the bus at Piazza Barberino stop 8, the last stop, being the nearest to the [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2024
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Rome – Day Two
We woke up on time and left the Premier Inn. It was raining lightly (as it often does in Manchester) when we stepped out of the building.
After travelling to the airport, we checked our car into the meet and greet service which also gave us fast track through border control.
After checking in our luggage, receiving [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 22nd 2024
Filed under Holidays, Taormina 2019
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
In the heart of a volcano, one can hear the whisper of the Earth.
Fahad Ahammed
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 18th 2024
Filed under Holidays, Science & Nature, Stratford-upon-Avon 2022
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
I seem, like everything else, to be a center, a sort of vortex, at which the whole energy of the universe realizes itself. Each and every one of us, not only human beings but every leaf, every weed, exists in the way it does, only because everything else around it does. The individual and the [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2024
The Wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit.
Joseph Wood Krutch
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 21st 2024
