PART II: ITALY SPECIFICALLY In this second part of my Italy post I’ll offer some thoughts on specific areas of Italy that we visited. (In case you’ve missed Part I of this post it can be found here Italy Pt. I) Lake Como I will admit that publicity of George Clooney having a residence on…
I have yet to meet a traveller who does not love Italy. I’m sure some exist but for the most part the folks I have met that have been to Italy plan on revisiting the country at some point – including me. A case in point of the hold Italy can take on a visitor…
PART I – The Paris/Amsterdam Prelude My calendar was telling me that it was getting close to three years since I had last been to Europe. It didn’t seem that long but unfortunately calendars don’t lie and anyways I had been developing a renewed hankering not only to immerse myself in the continent’s sights, culture,…
The Nakasendo Trail has a history stretching back to medieval times as a postal route which ranged from the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto to the modern capital of Tokyo. According to Wikipedia the trail is 534 km long but these days it is disjointed with significant parts of the trail obliterated by urban development,…
At various times over the years my wife Agnes has suggested we take a trip to Japan. I was always indifferent to these overtures as I had been to Tokyo on a solo trip in 1985 and found the city to be too clean and ordered and, therefore, uninteresting. By extension, I also assumed cleanliness…
Unlike the fabled New Yorker who has never been to the Statue of Liberty I consciously try to enjoy the sights available to me in my own “backyard”. For this reason I’ve scaled Australia’s highest peak, Mt Kosciuszko, several times over the years. This remarkable feat has consisted of undertaking a 3 hour drive before…
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