A Taste of Venetian Exhibitions I don’t know how it happened, but at one point, Her Ladyship somehow managed to get a flea down her shirt while we were aboard a vaporetto. I never thought I’d ever say this about her, but in her efforts to flee the flea, she really rocked the boat! In fact, for a while there I was afraid she was going to do another strip tease like she did that time in France. Thankfully she…
An outing to Murano from Venice What could be nicer than to buzz around the Venetian Lagoon in a vaporetto and do a bit of island hopping? One of my favourite islands was Murano, which, like Venice, is actually a series of islands. You get seven islands for the price of one. Great value! Murano, of course, is famous as the home of Venetian glass. Although glassmaking had originally started off in Venice itself, I hadn’t known that all Venetian…
City Centre, Banksy Exhibition, Campo Pequeno Bullring, Lisbon I’d seen it out of the window of the plane a few times. You can‘t miss it. In fact, I often wonder how the planes manage to miss it. They practically take the roof off it as they come into land at Lisbon international airport. For ages now, Her Ladyship has been desperate to find out what this impressive circular red brick building close to the city centre actually is. Genius detective…
Castle and Convent of Christ, Tomar For a wooden seagull, I must say I’ve become quite the high flyer. I was certainly happy to take flight again once it started to get chilly in Austria. I was even more delighted to find myself back in my home from home, good old Lisbon. We weren’t long there when the Oldies hired a car and set off to visit Tomar. Even I had heard about the famous Convento do Cristo, Convent of…
Pécs and Mohács National Memorial In between smelly days, I mean spa days, I thankfully got some fresh air on my outings with the Oldies. No stay in Harkány would be complete without a trip to wonderful Pécs. It was fun to revisit some familiar sights and be reminded why we all like this city so much. And once again, I got a chance to cool down in the famous Zsolnay fountain. On that note, we finally got to visit…