Tales from Italy, Alps, British Isles and FranceThu, 11 Jul 2024 08:17:56 +0000enhourly1http://wordpress.com//wp-content/uploads/2019/12/image-2.jpg?w=323232 /2024/07/10/sunshine-in-sorrento/Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000/?p=33407img_1699palladio1234Sorrento, Italy /2024/05/31/new-discoveries-in-venice/Fri, 31 May 2024 17:50:00 +0000/?p=33124Dorsoduro to Giudecca www.greyhoundtrainers.compalladio1234/2024/04/13/venice/Sat, 13 Apr 2024 06:30:00 +0000/?p=32550img_9991palladio1234/2024/04/12/venice-venezia-art/Fri, 12 Apr 2024 05:25:00 +0000/?p=32574img_9865palladio1234/2024/02/28/calendar-of-tours-2024//2024/02/28/calendar-of-tours-2024/#commentsWed, 28 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000/?p=32202/2024/02/28/calendar-of-tours-2024/feed/1Sorrento and Amalfi, Italypalladio1234Trieste - Sailing City 'La Barcolana'Trieste - planning for my trip to Friuli Venezia Giulia www.grand-tourist.comVenezia Carnevale - 2019It has to be Carnevale di Venezia 2020Venice Carnevale - Grand Tourist - Tetrarchs and Twins - February 2020 www.grand-tourist.comil curatore Adriano Pedrosa ha scelto di intitolare "Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere". "L'espressione Stranieri Ovunque - ha detto Pedrosa in conferenza stampa - ha almeno un duplice significato. Innanzitutto vuole intendere che ovunque si vada e ovunque ci si trovi si incontreranno sempre degli stranieri: sono/siamo dappertutto. In secondo luogo, che a prescindere dalla propria ubicazione, nel profondo si è sempre veramente stranieri a se stessi". (Libero Tv )Venice - hidden panoramasVenice - view from Salute (Punta Dogana) verso San MarcoTrieste - Miramare Castle - Umberto Noni www.greyhoundtrainers.comTrieste - Caffe degli SpecchiA week of creativity, colour and painting in Venice on the lagoon and on terraferma. https://www.grand-tourist.com/an-artists-week-in-venice-and-the-glorious-venetian-countrysideDavide Battestin, ArtistThe lagoon of Venice by Mary Lou Peters - artistParco dei Principi, SorrentoSorrento - sea view deluxe double w terraceCapodimonti Hotel - vista - SorrentoSala Ruggero, Palermo - gattopardi photo-mc-castellucciWriter's Retreat with Sophfronia Scott. September, 2019 - join us for the Second Edition, 18-24 Sept, 2022Villa Margherita - aerial view - country house hotel, Veneto - The base for our Writer's Retreat in the glorious Veneto region, 08-15 September, 2019 - https://wp.me/p5eFNn-3DVGrand Tourist Writer's Retreat with Sophfronia Scott, Seminar SessionThe hill towns of Emilia Romagna are perfect for truffle hunting - this is Savigno.White truffles, finest quality - Appeninno Foods, SavignoThe Lagotto Romagnolo dogs are the perfect breed for truffle hunting.San Martino - delicious treats fill the shop windows for the Feast of San MartinoAbano - one of the many geo-thermally heated poolsVenice at sunset - February, 2020Grand Tourist Map of Veneto & Friuli regions by talented artist Bek Cruddace, commissioned by www.greyhoundtrainers.comLa Sicilia, map created for www.grand-tourist.com - February, 2020Venice - bricole, lagoon and S Michele www.greyhoundtrainers.comTrieste - Miramare Castle - Umberto Noni www.greyhoundtrainers.comFiat 500 - Le Marche, Italy - photo by Peter Corcoran www.petercorcoran.com - Words by www.greyhoundtrainers.com/2023/11/08/calendar-2022-2//2023/11/08/calendar-2022-2/#commentsWed, 08 Nov 2023 12:42:55 +0000/?p=27918/2023/11/08/calendar-2022-2/feed/5Sorrento and Amalfi, Italypalladio1234Trieste - Sailing City 'La Barcolana'Trieste - planning for my trip to Friuli Venezia Giulia www.grand-tourist.comVenezia Carnevale - 2019It has to be Carnevale di Venezia 2020Venice Carnevale - Grand Tourist - Tetrarchs and Twins - February 2020 www.grand-tourist.comil curatore Adriano Pedrosa ha scelto di intitolare "Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere". "L'espressione Stranieri Ovunque - ha detto Pedrosa in conferenza stampa - ha almeno un duplice significato. Innanzitutto vuole intendere che ovunque si vada e ovunque ci si trovi si incontreranno sempre degli stranieri: sono/siamo dappertutto. In secondo luogo, che a prescindere dalla propria ubicazione, nel profondo si è sempre veramente stranieri a se stessi". (Libero Tv )Venice - hidden panoramasVenice - view from Salute (Punta Dogana) verso San MarcoTrieste - Miramare Castle - Umberto Noni www.greyhoundtrainers.comTrieste - Caffe degli SpecchiA week of creativity, colour and painting in Venice on the lagoon and on terraferma. https://www.grand-tourist.com/an-artists-week-in-venice-and-the-glorious-venetian-countrysideDavide Battestin, ArtistThe lagoon of Venice by Mary Lou Peters - artistParco dei Principi, SorrentoSorrento - sea view deluxe double w terraceCapodimonti Hotel - vista - SorrentoSala Ruggero, Palermo - gattopardi photo-mc-castellucciWriter's Retreat with Sophfronia Scott. September, 2019 - join us for the Second Edition, 18-24 Sept, 2022Villa Margherita - aerial view - country house hotel, Veneto - The base for our Writer's Retreat in the glorious Veneto region, 08-15 September, 2019 - https://wp.me/p5eFNn-3DVGrand Tourist Writer's Retreat with Sophfronia Scott, Seminar SessionThe hill towns of Emilia Romagna are perfect for truffle hunting - this is Savigno.White truffles, finest quality - Appeninno Foods, SavignoThe Lagotto Romagnolo dogs are the perfect breed for truffle hunting.San Martino - delicious treats fill the shop windows for the Feast of San MartinoAbano - one of the many geo-thermally heated poolsVenice at sunset - February, 2020Grand Tourist Map of Veneto & Friuli regions by talented artist Bek Cruddace, commissioned by www.greyhoundtrainers.comLa Sicilia, map created for www.grand-tourist.com - February, 2020Venice - bricole, lagoon and S Michele www.greyhoundtrainers.comTrieste - Miramare Castle - Umberto Noni www.greyhoundtrainers.comFiat 500 - Le Marche, Italy - photo by Peter Corcoran www.petercorcoran.com - Words by www.greyhoundtrainers.com/2023/08/18/italian-lakes-tour-thats-heaven//2023/08/18/italian-lakes-tour-thats-heaven/#commentsFri, 18 Aug 2023 16:30:00 +0000/?p=31353/2023/08/18/italian-lakes-tour-thats-heaven/feed/5Lake Iseo, Italypalladio1234Lake Orta - just an hour from MilanIsola San Giulio, Lake Orta, Italy www.greyhoundtrainers.comThe Fabulous Giardinetto, OrtaLake Orta is so beautiful. An hour north-west of Milan - it is an enchanting, fairytale place to visit. Great food and wine too!Villa Crespi - Lago di Orta, Fabulous gastronomic restaurant and hotelThe Castle of the Scaligeri dominates the small medieval town of Sirmione, Lake Garda, Italy/2023/05/04/florence-tuscany//2023/05/04/florence-tuscany/#commentsThu, 04 May 2023 13:20:44 +0000/2023/05/04/florence-tuscany//2023/05/04/florence-tuscany/feed/1Florence,Panorama,City,Skyline,,Florence,,Italypalladio1234Firenze - the wine windows of FlorenceFlorence - wine window: shutterstock_1900692034.jpgFlorence - wine window (fi) shutterstock_1323200384-2/2023/05/01/travel-in-italy-2023//2023/05/01/travel-in-italy-2023/#commentsMon, 01 May 2023 12:30:00 +0000/?p=30710/2023/05/01/travel-in-italy-2023/feed/2Venice is unique - the lagoon is buzzing with vitality and lifepalladio1234Sicily Map - large - commissioned by Grand Tourist - artist Bek CruddaceGrand Tourist Map of Veneto & Friuli regions by talented artist Bek Cruddace, commissioned by www.greyhoundtrainers.comLocanda Cipriani - the verdant, green gardens with the Church of Santa Fosca in the backgroundFabulous Globe Painting at Miramare listing all the great Italian explorers from Amerigo Vespucci to Marco Polo/2022/12/27/grand-hotels-volcanic-mud-and-thermal-waters-2//2022/12/27/grand-hotels-volcanic-mud-and-thermal-waters-2/#commentsTue, 27 Dec 2022 21:58:18 +0000/2022/12/27/grand-hotels-volcanic-mud-and-thermal-waters-2//2022/12/27/grand-hotels-volcanic-mud-and-thermal-waters-2/feed/3Abano Terme - Grand Hotel - pool - venetopalladio1234The spa town of Abano Terme has welcomed visitors to it's therapeutic waters since Roman timesAbano Terme - Geologia - charting the journey of the water that falls as rain in the foothills of the Alps, descends to more than 3000 metre below ground......