Tag: Italy
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Official Name: Italian Republic Established: 1861 Kingdom of Italy Population: 60,317,116 (2020 estimate) Religion: 83.3% Christianity, 12.4% No religion, 3.7% Islam Language: Italian Capital: Rome Order of Visit: Seventeenth First Visit: 8 June 2006 Last Visit: 22 June 2006 Duration: 15 Days Visit Highlights: Gondola ride in Venice, Rialto Bridge, Visiting The Colosseum (Rome),…
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Friday 23 June 2006 Highlights: Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy) Today’s travel plan saw the bus stopping in Pisa for about 1.5 hours, to see the famous tower. I have never seen so many hawkers trying to sell stuff to tourist 😦 I’m glad I was not staying there. Still it was good…
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Thursday 22 June 2006 Highlights: Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Piore, seeing Michelangelo’s David in person, Ponte Vecchio stone arch bridge A hot and humid day. First however I learned that I would be seeing Germany versus Sweden in Munich on the 24 June, should be a great match. Today I headed for the Duomo…
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Wednesday 21 June 2006 Highlights: Galleria degli Uffizi Museum Having survived the night (both hot and cold and a lot of noise) I set out late in the morning to explore for Florence by myself. I headed straight for the Galleria degli Uffizi which is has very famous works of art. Unfortunately I…
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Tuesday 20 June 2006 Highlights: Visiting Orvieto Town, Exploring Florence BusAbout had a bonus stop at Orvieto a small and beautiful Tuscany town. The cathedral is stunning especially the 5 panels starting with heaven and moving down until the last panel shows hell. Getting into Florence at around 3 pm we had an organised dinner…
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Monday 19 June 2006 Highlights: Relaxing at the campsite watching the World Cup and listening to music Well today I spent the entire day either on the internet, at the pool or watching the world cup. Had a good night chatting with a few other BusAbout travellers and even watched the pub fire up…
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Sunday 18 June 2006 Highlights: The beautiful Amalfi coast seen from the edge of cliffs Another early start (7 am) which was necessary to avoid the many tourist who drive on this coast. We followed the coastal road to the towns of Positano, Amalfi and Ravello. Luckily we had a good driver otherwise…
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Saturday 17 June 2006 Highlights: Stunning view on the Isle of Capri An early start (7.30 am) and we were on a ferry to the Isle of Capri. This Isle has been home to Roman Emperors since 30 AD and is now home to very wealthy individuals. The Isle is incredible, the views…
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Friday 16 June 2006 Highlights: The buried city of Pompeii, the strong local drink – limoncello Setting off at 8 am I began the 3 day Italian Explorer Tour with 51 other people (sold out). The first stop was the ancient city of Pompeii which in 79AD was buried under ash and dust after the…
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Thursday 15 June 2006 Highlights: Relaxing by a pool A day spent around the pool and working out my options for the China leg of my trip after I got an e-mail informing me the company had cancelled my original tour. I’ll now be doing a shorter and much more basic trip which will…
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