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    • A Different New Year’s Eve
    • Bobsleigh Run
    • Camels And Khaled
    • Hamadi
    • Into The Unknown
    • Lightning Strike
    • Our strange invitation
    • The Curious Tale Of The Day Bag And The Dress
    • The Dirty Plastic Bucket
    • The story of Mangala
    • Travel Stories: From The Boudoir To The Bosphorus
    • Travel Stories: The Nungwi Sunset
    • Welcome To Dar
    • Were We Safe? Take A Look…

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  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Giovinazzo And A Wind Of Change

    June 25, 2019 /

    Last full day in Puglia and enjoying the sleep ancient town of Giovinazzo

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    Cleared For Take Off….?

    July 9, 2021

    One Night In Piraeus

    August 6, 2021
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    Porto: Too Many Reasons To Be Cheerful 

    July 21, 2025
  • Europe,  History,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Polignano A Mare And Corpus Domini

    June 24, 2019 /

    A day in Polignano followed by an evening of corpus Domini celebrations in Molfetta

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    August 14, 2021
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    From Style On The Streets To Horses On Ice: Milan, St Moritz & The Bernina Express

    February 6, 2023

    Legends, Myths & Mountains: This Is Delphi

    July 29, 2021
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    More Adriatic Adventure And A Church Puzzle

    June 24, 2019 /

    Continuing our tour of Southern Italy featuring its churches

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    Into The Pyrenees: Mountain Hikes And Marvellous Trains

    July 25, 2023

    Travel Stories: Pedro And The Strange Bed

    June 27, 2021

    Korinthos: Mad Dogs & Englishmen

    August 3, 2021
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    Sunsets and sunrises in Molfetta

    June 21, 2019 /

    We seem to have developed a habit of waking very early on this trip. It has its advantages. Our apartment balcony here faces due East, straight out across the deep blue Adriatic and in direct line of the awesome sunrises. Come evening time, the people of Molfetta gather at the harbour, in or in front of Bar Duomo, to watch the amazing sunsets across the calm waters of the inner harbour. Rarely are both so dramatic in the same location. Here’s some examples:-

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    View of Palau from bear rock, Sardinia

    Sardinia’s Eastern Coast: Orosei, Palau & La Maddalena Archipelago 

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    Sacramonte in Granada, Spain

    Unravelling Granada’s Complex Cultures

    September 12, 2023
    Caminito delRey, hiking trail in Spain

    Nerja, Frigiliana & The Caminita del Rey

    September 7, 2023
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    Molfetta, Puglia

    June 20, 2019 /

    An appraisal of Molfetta for would be visitors

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    Lavender fields in Provence, France

    Southwards To The Lavender Fields: From Paris To Provence

    July 9, 2023
    Carcassonne Castle France

    Carcassonne And On: Wine, Music, Food, Wine…And More Wine

    July 18, 2023
    Benagil cave in the Algarve Portugal

    From Setúbal To The Algarve

    August 15, 2025
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    From Matera to the Coast, via More Strange Houses

    June 19, 2019 /

    From Matera to the Alberobello Trulli houses to the blue sea of the Adriatic and Molfetta

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    Amorgos: The Big Blue

    September 12, 2021
    Seville Cathedral, Spain

    A Few Days In Magical Seville 

    September 16, 2023
    View of Palau from bear rock, Sardinia

    Sardinia’s Eastern Coast: Orosei, Palau & La Maddalena Archipelago 

    September 6, 2025

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