Italy – David Jenkins' weblog

Photo of the month: November 2024

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At last! I’ve caught up. We spent five days in Florence in November. The weather in the UK was miserable but we got sunny days and 20 degree plus warmth and on our last day we enjoyed an alfresco lunch across from the Palazzo Pitti. The couple at the next table were drinking Dante ‘birra…

Looking up

14 Dec 24

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in photos

With some trepidation I attended a Cambridge Photography Club Critique group. The idea is you submit photos with a theme and others present critique them. It turns out to be a fairly gentle experience but the comments given are well considered and provide useful insights in how photographs should have been better taken or might…

The Medicis and more

18 Nov 24

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in photos, restaurants, travel

We’ve just enjoyed a long weekend in Florence. It’s the fourth time I’ve been there but it’s the first time I’ve spent significant time in the city and although last time we did see Michelangelo’s David and visit the Basilica of Santa Croce which is home to the tombs of most of Florence’s great and…

I’ve been to Sicily again

5 May 19

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in travel

I’ve been to Sicily four times now. Twice recently on tours with the most recent being just last month. The other two visits were more in the past and I’ll come back to them later.

Trulli & Sassi: Mar/Apr 16

8 Apr 16

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in hotels, life, restaurants, Uncategorized, vacations

We’re in the habit of taking a short break somewhere around the Mediterranean in the Spring or Autumn to escape the colder weather back home and at the same time to enjoy a little more of other countries’ cultures, cuisines and histories. This year we jetted off to Puglia and Basilicata down the bottom end…