Here we are, a mere eight months after we said our fond, slightly misty eyed, farewells to Adelaide, once again in beautiful South Australia. This time around, there are only two of us. Sadly, because of the school year and the nature of the trip, we had to leave Rowan and Pippa (our erstwhile and …
Magnificent Isle of Man
By Neil Up until a couple of weeks ago, I had only visited the Isle of Man twice before. The last time was in the late 1980's and it was memorable only for how miserably cold and damp it was. The rain never stopped from the moment I landed until, well, I guess, sometime long …
Hadrian’s summer cottage
by Neil Last Friday, the S-J's decided to go on a little hike to check out some Roman ruins just outside of Tivoli. We decided to walk because Google Maps assured us there was no public transit from Tivoli to the site of Villa Adriana----Google was wrong. There is public transit because it passed us …
Getting to know Knossos
by Neil We have been back in Italy for nearly two weeks now and I am finally getting down to writing a post about Crete. I am not, as is often the case, suffering from procrastination, but still basking in the experience. I liked the idea of Crete, heck, it's been a lifelong ambition to …
Ostia Antica
By Pippa On Friday the eleventh of May we went to Ostia Antica! It was really cool because some of the old buildings still had several storeys and you could walk up the stairs and look out over the city. That may not sound all that exciting, but you must remember these buildings are 2000 …
Farewell to friends
By Rachel It was with lots of sadness that we said goodbye to Penny and Jacob yesterday as they continued on their travels to England and relatives. We had a great month together - laughing, learning, and exploring. Together we learned, somewhat, about the flow of things in Roviano. When things are open, when they're …
Roviano and me
by Neil We have been in Roviano for about a month now and it is proving to be quite the interesting experience. The most common reaction we get from Italians we meet who don't live here is "Roviano?" "Why Roviano?" Good question, difficult to answer. The decision to stay here was based on wifi availability, …
Le Colisée, les Palitin Hills et le Forum Romain!
Par Pippa Jeudi le 26 avril ont est aller à Rome pour un tour du Colisée! Nous avons arrivé a Rome just avant le dîner, alors ont est aller au Spanish steps et le Panthéon. Le dîner a consister du pasta et des calzones. Pour ceux qui ne savez pas c'est quoi un "calzone", ce …
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Hanoi revisited
by Neil I was going to call this post Hanoi hangover, but that might have given the wrong impression, although Hanoi has been hanging over me for the past couple of weeks or so. After leaving Vietnam, I having been feeling like I haven't done it justice in my posts, so it's time to do …
Roviano
By Pippa We arrived in Roviano, Italy on Friday the thirteenth. After lugging our suitcases up a steep hill we arrived at our house. A small, three storied house with an amazing view of the valley! Roviano is small, quiet, not a lot of people and relatively laid back. But then again, after Adelaide and …
A year of discovery 