I realised that I never finished posting things about our Calabrian trip thanks to weeks of LJ instability, and memories of the lovely trip came flooding back last night, thinking of our impending trip to Puglia. I had a call yesterday afternoon from my mother and she was feeling unwell, and was somewhat over-worrying about it and visualising ( Read more... )

Mention Italy and at once people say "you'll eat fantastically!", and usually I would agree (though there are a few specialities I do avoid - having a "british" stomach !!)..... but on this trip it was, to say the least, a little different ! - though all quite memorable for dfferent reasons !!

I think probably the main reason was that being so out- ( Read more... )

One of my (many) favourite places we visited on our Calabrian trip was the abandoned village of Pentedattilo in the foothills of the Aspromonte region.  Most inhabitants left after the 1783 earthquake damaged many of its buildings, only some Greek residents remained living there until the 1908 earthquake, which caused landslides that damaged the ( Read more... )

As the song goes, "Wherever I Lay My Head...." !  I'm sure I drive Franco (london1967 ) insane sometimes, but I've never been good  with "basic" accomodation on holiday, so when planning our trips he is always very mindful of what I may, or, more importantly, may not like ! And when we have a touring trip, like Calabria, the search becomes even more ( Read more... )

Just for some of my LJ friends that like cats, here are a few Calabrian ones.  Most of the cats were very nervous and ran off when approached, not like the Tuscan kitties at all, which lead me to think that they are probably not treated as pets in this region.

These two, that definitely looked like siblings, strolled towards each other then were ( Read more... )

On the last night of our trip we stayed at a "business hotel" in Naples.... our room number was the same as our house number 108, and the night before in another hotel we were a room away from it too !


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Well, we are back from our Calabrian Experience, and quite an experience it was too !!

We certainly covered a lot of ground on our tour, and it's probably going to take me some time to get my thoughts "on paper" !

It was a wonderful trip, the best bit being with the lovely Franco (london1967 ) 24/9 ! .....and it already feels a bit like a dream as it's now ( Read more... )