Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Ravello 2017
At the end of the path you can see the remains of the Holy Trinity Benedictine Monastery built in the 9th century to house young women from the noble families of Ravello.
Suppressed in 1811, by Royal Decree. Demolished in 1812.
Sadly the archaeological site and the viewpoint were inaccessible due to building works!
We were however able [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 22nd 2018
Filed under Anecdotes, Cambridge 2017, Holidays
After a good nights sleep we made our way across the courtyard to the breakfast room. The food options were extensive and the quality of the breakfast was fine but the service was disorganised. We were given the cooked breakfast menu to peruse and the waiter came back very quickly by which time Mr C [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Nov 14th 2017
Filed under Holidays, Ravello 2017
It is all in the timing…
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Ravello 2017
After breakfast we made our way to the bus stop in order to catch the bus to Amalfi where we intended to catch a water bus to Salerno. Once again the bus did not arrive as scheduled but on this occasion we only had to wait 30 minutes. The boat trip was enjoyable, stopping off [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 26th 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Ravello 2017
This morning I had forgotten to put the alarm on but, luckily, I woke up anyway. Straight after breakfast we made our way to the bus stop to try our luck at catching a bus to Amalfi. After a few minutes we learned from someone else in the queue that the bus had left seven [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 25th 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Colwall 2017, Holidays
At breakfast we were served with the first proper cup of tea of the weekend. Two individual pots of tea that were brewed to perfection.
Rain was forecast for the day so we headed of to Croome Court, a National Trust property. As we are National Trust members, entrance was free so it didn’t matter if [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 17th 2017
