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road in Chianti

The Old Church

Written by airynfaerie on November 18, 2009

  • "Vedo una croce sopra quella collina?" (Do I see a cross on that hill?), I asked to no one in particular while we were picking olives in Chianti one Sunday afternoon during the year we...
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Picking Olives in Chianti

Written by airynfaerie on November 18, 2009

  • On a Sunday afternoon during November of the year we lived in Florence we were invited to the countryside in Chianti to help pick olives. I was so excited about this because it was one...
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Qawra Seafront

Towns to Visit

Written by dkm1981 on November 11, 2009

  • There are so many fascinating places to visit in Malta, that just one week wasn't enough to cover them all. However these are the places that we did visit and I believe that all of...
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Malta - The Lowdown

Written by dkm1981 on November 11, 2009

  • My first experience with Malta was as a child and I had fond, if not a little vague, memories of it. It was with this in mind that I decided to take advantage of a...
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Setúbal, Uncovered

Written by Magrico on November 6, 2009

  • Just south of Lisbon, Setúbal has a lot to be proud of a. It is birthplace of the famous Chelsea soccer coach José Mourinho, the devilish Portuguese poet Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, and singer...
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Bergamo cobbles

Bergamo: a Lombardy Jewel

Written by MagdaDH on October 27, 2009

  • Bergamo is a small city (or a large town) in Lombardy, about 40 km north-east of Milan almost in the foothills of the Alps and not too far from lake Como. It is the location...
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Trieste

Trieste: the Hapsburg gateway to the world

Written by MagdaDH on October 26, 2009

  • I have always wanted to visit Trieste: it's from Trieste that the heroes of my favourite adventure books of much childhood set on their first journey, it's Trieste that has been the gateway to the...
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Londonderry: protestant section murals

Modern History: Londonderry Context for the Troubles

Written by travelswithkids on October 25, 2009

  • We're suckers for the chance to walk on city walls, so we decided to drive over to Londonderry for a day of our Northern Ireland vacation. It is one of the few cities in...
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Hyundai Tucson

Iceland Overview

Written by UK Flower Girl on October 12, 2009

  • Mention Iceland and all sorts of images are conjured up. Ice-covered land, glaciers, wilderness, cold, volcanoes, geothermal activity to start. As an American living in the UK, I have flown over Iceland several...
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Sofia sleeping on MAN-KEF flight

Getting to Iceland and Finding B&B Keflavik Airport

Written by UK Flower Girl on October 10, 2009

  • Tom, Sofia and I left our house for the 100 mile drive to Manchester Airport where we would be departing on Icelandair for the Keflavik Airport outside of Reykjavik. Everything went smoothly with check-in....
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