Come travel with me…
I cannot NOT write. I think I was born with a pen (okay, today it’s a stylus) in my hand. So, wherever we go (and we travel a LOT), my diary tags along too. So does my tiny #NoFilter Canon SD 1200. And together we create a world from a unique perspective. My perspective. This blog is the world through my eyes, a bit offbeat, sometimes quirky, always different.
This Blog is for my short-attention-span friends out there … less words, more pictures. But if you like what you see, I also have full-on longer-length articles of our wayward travels elsewhere on this website.
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Colle di Val d’Elsa
Posted on: 22nd June 2018| By: MarielleVery serendipitous when you chance upon unexpected pretty villages while on your way to another pretty village … then you’re completely waylaid with all well-intentioned plans tossed peremptorily into the vineyards. That’s what happened to us as we drove past Colle di Val d’Elsa. And Elsa’s not a girl, by the way. She’s a river….
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Monochrome study
Posted on: 21st June 2018| By: MarielleFlorence in black and white . . . Look at that crush of people!
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Florence street style
Posted on: 21st June 2018| By: MarielleNever mind the crush of people. There’s a crush of motorcycles too. But there’s also elegance and style and funkiness. And roadworks chaos.
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A cantinetta & a Cibreo trattoria
Posted on: 21st June 2018| By: Marielle The crush of people in Florence was utterly overwhelming. Our immediate reaction was to run a mile, so we escaped down a few side streets and made a wonderful discovery for coffee and sustenance … a bakery and pastry shop called Cantinetta del Verrazano. Two double espressos and a couple of air-light twisted…
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Uffizi gallery, Florence
Posted on: 20th June 2018| By: Marielle Just like owl feathers … I love the wings! Hirsh’s previous life as a CA was a great aid to the day. His timing was precision personified. Remind me to always travel with him in the future. Alarm went at 04h50 (OUCH!!); train boarded in Siena in time for 06h30 departure; ready standing in line…
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Cypress, symbol of Tuscany
Posted on: 20th June 2018| By: MarielleSo … if you’re always asking questions like me, you might have wondered how the pencil-thin cypress, a conifer, got to feature on every hilltop, along every driveway, and beside every castle and church in Tuscany. It’s not even indigenous to Italy. The Cupressus sempervirens, also known (in more recent times) as the Mediterranean or…
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Italian monochrome
Posted on: 19th June 2018| By: MarielleJust having a bit of atonal fun with some of my more graphic pictures …
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What to do on a Monday…
Posted on: 19th June 2018| By: MarielleAfter trawling Montereggioni it was, naturally, time for lunch. As we continued our explorations through Castellina in Chianti (they make it all sound so romantic in these parts), Villa Cerna rose into view, set against a canvas of hills and vines. An open terrace with giant white umbrellas did the final painful arm twist. We…
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Montereggioni
Posted on: 19th June 2018| By: MarielleIt’s only Day 3 and we’re already getting into a wonderful routine of shopping at our local supermarket, Simply … yes, I know, not very Italianate but their tagline is: Semplice La Vita, which means “A Simple Life”, I think alluding to convenience, but there’s also an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables, a bakery,…
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