Destinations

Rome: The Ancient City meeting the Modern World

“Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.” Giotto di Bondone (Italian painter and architect. Died 1337) Leaving Venice our next stop was the legendary city of ‘Roma’. Everyone knows something about the magnificence of Rome and the Roman Empire, it is ‘shown off’ in movies filled with action, adventure and …

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My Enchanting African Adventure Part 2: Zimbabwe..

“In Africa you have space…there’s a profound sense of space here, space and sky”  –Thabo Mbeki Pulling away from Victoria Falls the next stop was the Zambian/Zimbabwe border crossing…  My experience of border crossings have normally been at airports – organised, structured, strict and sometimes quick – I expected a similar situation, but what I …

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