Travel

  • Cupar,  Travel

    Moon over Cupar

    There was the most amazing moon visible when I got up this morning – photos do not do it justice.  It was like a giant blood orange hanging so low in the sky…

  • Renovation,  Travel

    Men’s work and Women’s

    R snapped this beautiful photo over the Tay today.  He is lucky enough to be allowed out to enjoy himself going to Dundee, speaking to students, drinking beer and generally having a good…

  • Food,  Travel

    Rhu

    Went to Rhu to see my Mum today.  Our run along the A91 was somewhat slowed by a cycle club choosing to use the main road as a venue for either a general…

  • Travel

    Italy

    When R and I were in Capri we saw this map of the island.  It was made out of tiles and was actually an advertisement for a pizza restaurant.  I liked it so…

  • Travel

    There’s no place like…

    Home again today.  The flight was at 6:30am so we had to get up at 3am.  Actually we could probably have left it quite a bit later but R is very fond of…

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    Dracula and Castle

    Actually not Dracula’s Castle (that’s in Transylvania) but Dracula’s putative tomb in the church of Santa Maria Nuevo.  Actually the evidence of it actually being related to Vlad himself seems a bit tenuous…

  • Travel

    T’was on the Isle of Capri

    We went to Capri today having now located the right part of the port for the hydrofoils (we saw the Sorrento ferry we should have caught yesterday).  The crossing was a little choppy…

  • Travel

    Sorrento in the rain

    Not quite such a nice day today.  We were going to take the ferry to Sorrento and the train back.  We walked down to the ferry port and bought the ticket – we…

  • Travel

    Caserta

    Today we went to the Royal Palace of Caserta which is a short train ride from Naples.  The day started well because it was a double decker train.  I love trains, and this…

  • Travel

    MANN and catacombs

    Today we went to the Archaeological Museum of Naples, in my opinion one of the greatest museums in the world.  Amongst other things, it holds the finest of the artifacts taken for their…