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May 20, 2020
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Category: Tourism
Days 31 & 32: From Venice via Verona to Valpolicella and Varese
July 10, 2015
Bumped into these two nuns surreptitiously licking an ice cream at midnight on their way back to the convent: the Institute of the Immaculate Cornet. Venice was where I effectively ended my road trip in 1968, because I bumped into a party from my old school there who – having lost a teacher to dysentery – had … More Days 31 & 32: From Venice via Verona to Valpolicella and Varese
Day 26: Trogir to Split
July 4, 2015
Just follow the umbrella like a crocodile of schoolchildren or, in this case, the dangling heart and listen to the enhanced commentary delivered on the built-in portable sound system. I once saw a woman completely covered by a swarm of midges in September in the Scottish Highlands, an unwanted version of those lunatics who cover … More Day 26: Trogir to Split
Days 21 & 22: Dalmatian Coast 1
June 28, 2015
Having made critical comments about tourism in Eastern Europe, I have now started the real holiday section of my travels and, in effect, become a tourist myself. I dropped down from Cetinje (above) to Budva on the Dalmatian coast and then drove north-west, taking the ferry across the Kotor inlet, before crossing the border from Montenegro … More Days 21 & 22: Dalmatian Coast 1
Day 20: Uzice to Cetinje
June 27, 2015
Uzice is a town hewn from the harsh vertical rockface of the Detinja valley. That rock is still being hewn, mountains ground into stone chip for construction use by Piteve. It is a simple trope that such hard ground produces hard people, but I feel there is something in it. Uzice is also gateway to … More Day 20: Uzice to Cetinje
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