As ever, it was a long and winding road to Paestum – a beach resort with the added charm of a Greek city and three Doric temples, dating back to 500 BC.
Continue reading “Paestum, Italy – Sun, Sea & A City from 500 BC”Snapshot! Travel Author Interview Jacqueline Lambert
Something I look forward to on the 1st of every month is my edition of author and artist Alyson Shekdrake’s Snapshot! magazine landing in my inbox.
This month’s is extra special.
Continue reading “Snapshot! Travel Author Interview Jacqueline Lambert”Pup Pompeii – The Closest You Can Get To Time Travel
Everything aches! I couldn’t sleep because my back, hips, and feet were killing. That’s two days of sightseeing for you – Up Vesuvius and Up Pompeii!
For those of you who remember Frankie Howerd and the 1970s comedy Up Pompeii, Pup Pompeii is my worst pun yet. Just think yourselves lucky that there wasn’t a river nearby, or you might have got SUP Pompeii as well.
Vesuvius: Fear, Fascination & An Eyewitness Account
Continue reading “Vesuvius: Fear, Fascination & An Eyewitness Account”The cloud was rising from a mountain … I can best describe its shape by likening it to a pine tree. It rose into the sky on a very long trunk from which spread some branches.
It appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and spotted with patches of dirt and ash … Broad sheets of flame shone out in several places … made brighter and clearer for the darkness of the night.
The houses … rocked from side to side … as though shaken from their very foundations. It was now day everywhere else, but there, a deeper darkness prevailed than in the thickest night.
Pliny the Younger in his letter to Cornelius Tacitus
World Wide Walkies 