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Grand Mosque of Muscat
Our last stop on our Oman Stopover was to visit the most famous landmark in the city – the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. Opened in 2000, after six years of construction the Grand Mosque really deserves it’s title. It occupies the same square meterage of nearly 59 football pitches (416000 sq metres), contains over 300,000 […]
Oman: What a stopover!
Our trip to Europe involved flying partly with Oman Air. Normally we would transit via the UAE or Qatar so we took this opportunity to add in a small stopover in Muscat as part of this trip. A new country for both of us bringing our totals up to 33 for John and 38 for […]
Lake Como
After spending sometime exploring the town of Como – it was time to jump on a boat and head up the lake. After Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore this is Italy’s third largest lake, Europe’s deepest outside of Norway and with a distinct inverse ‘Y’ shape provides a varied backdrop of mountains, shore-lined villages, beautiful […]
Como
After our wedding in Tuscany, we jumped back on the train north, with a quick change in Florence, back to Lombardy. At the same time Karen’s parents – Iain and Bernadette were piling into their car and heading to the airport in Scotland to grab their flight – they would be joining us for the […]
Under the Tuscan Sun
A wedding in Chianti! The event had arrived. The (main) reason we had decided to travel to just Italy on this trip to Europe – the wedding of John and Joey. The shortest commute of the trip began with the 19114 Train to Empoli. Thirty minutes after we boarded we found ourselves outside the train […]
Monochrome Monday: Taronga Zoo NSW
Posting from a recent visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, New South Wales
Siena
After our trip to Florence we had an extra day before we had to make our way to John and Joey’s wedding in Cinciano. A quick check of the map and transport possibilities afforded us the chance to visit somewhere that was on the Bucket List – the medieval citadel of Siena. We departed the […]
Lucca – In Search of Puccini
Taking a break from the city of Florence afforded us an opportunity to visit nearby Lucca on the train. Located 75km due west and on the banks of the Serchio River in a fertile plain near the Liguria Sea this one time rival to the Republic of Florence lies. This makes it ideal to visit, […]
Monochrome Monday: Fitzroy Falls NSW
Posting from our Summer 2021 trip to the Southern Highlands and South Coast. Fitzroy Falls near Kangaroo Valley and Tallowa Dam with the first JKRoaming appearance of our son Cillian.
Life in Colour Photo Challenge: Kaleidoscpe
Taking part in the Life in Colour Challenge (https://traveltalk.me.uk/2020/12/31/life-in-colour-photo-challenge-2021/) The world is a kaleidoscope of colour so this month let’s celebrate that with the brightest / most colourful images you can find. Mostly street art this month with some birds thrown in and a few other sights as well. You’ll never find a rainbow. if you are […]
of the Flowers…
And when I thought of Florence, it was like a miracle city embalmed and like a corolla, because it was called the city of lilies and its cathedral, St. Mary of the Flowers Marcel Proust In our previous posts we talked about how much we enjoyed the city of Florence – its various piazzas, palazzos […]
Life in Colour Photo Challenge: Black
Taking part in the Life in Colour Challenge (https://traveltalk.me.uk/2020/12/31/life-in-colour-photo-challenge-2021/) This month we will be looking for Black or Grey. Black is not a colour at all. Theoretically it is the absence of all colour. Yet black is distinctive. Lines are bolder, shadows deeper, colours brighter against a black background. I see a red door And I want it painted […]
Return to Florence Part 2
In our previous post we discovered the popular sights and sounds as we sauntered through the city. This time we would work around the margins of the centre of Florence to see what else we could find. The Mercato Sant’Ambrogio is known as Florence’s second market. Second after the Mercato Centrale and its tourist market. […]
Life in Colour Photo Challenge: Orange
Taking part in the Life in Colour Challenge (https://traveltalk.me.uk/2020/12/31/life-in-colour-photo-challenge-2021/) This month we will be looking for orange. One of the most vibrant colours, orange is zingy and fresh. It’s a warm colour, friendly and inviting. Soft at dawn, but louder at sunset. From the palest of peaches and apricots through to copper, rust, salmon-pink and terracotta, […]
Monochrome Monday: Florence, Italy
Few images from our trip to Florence in September 2019. Interior shots of the Duomo, Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore The Ponte Vecchio stretching across the Arno River. Piazzale Michelangelo and its bronze replica Michelangelo’s David.
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