When _I_ was in Florence …

A friend of mine is currently in Florence. And I’m not jealous! Not one little bit!

So, in honour of her trip, and me not being jealous, here is a pic I snapped while I was there.

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I’m sorry… no I can’t go with you! I have to walk my fish!

Continuing on our way …

Of course when you’re n the museum, the very next place that you (well, I) head is across the park to the Art Gallery.

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Though in January this does mean through the Sydney Festival! Would you like to know more?

Brussels, Belgium – Part 1

Brussels is the capital city of Belgium and home to the headquarters of the European Union also. Now, Himself and I had stopped in to Brussels once before on La Duchessa, but it’s hard to walk around and see all the things you want to see when you’re in full motorbike armour!

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We knew we wanted to do some justice to Brussels, as it has so much to offer. So went back for a whole weekend in order to see some of the things we had just glimpsed from the back of the bike. Would you like to know more?

Italy, Rome – Part 2

Just using this next photo, who can guess what one of our first scheduled tours in Rome was? Well, technically, not in Rome, but still in Rome …

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Got it in one! The Vatican Museums. This sculpture of Isis & Horus is a part of their extensive Egyptian collection. Would you like to know more?

Italy, Venice – Part 3

I had worked out an itinerary for our trip and we stuck to it quite well. I marked out a whole day for going to the Gallery dell’Accademia, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

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The Gallery del’Accademia was a wonderful gallery of full of pre-19th-century religious paintings spanning centuries. By contrast, the Peggy Guggenheim collection is specifically modern art. Would you like to know more?