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 [...]
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Ravello – Day Two
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, [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2017
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Ravello – Day One
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 [...]
8 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
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An Unexpected Adventure
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…
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4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
May the narrow rivers of our lives be widened by torrential rains of Thy blessings, and pass through vast lowlands of humbleness, self-sacrifice, and consideration for others, to enter in purity Thy Blissful Sea.
Paramahansa Yogananda
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2017
Sincerity is the way of Heaven.
Menicus
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 13th 2017
