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Thursday

highlights of 2015

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My yr began in addition to ended amongst trips to Venice , my habitation from habitation , ever in addition to thus much amend exterior the peak tourist season. As green I spent a lot of fourth dimension inwards Venice. One of this year's well-nigh memorable experiences was walking along the bounding main walls protecting the southern lagoon from the sea.

In Apr I visited the low-key isle of Ustica. Nights were mutual depression temperature exactly the days were warm in addition to sunny , in addition to I walked the entire circumference of the isle on attractive flower-strewn footpaths.

In June I visited the lovely Aeolian islands. First halt was posh niggling Panarea , where I enjoyed the views in addition to - on a really hot solar daytime - climbed to the island's summit.


 I caught the delivery boat to the volcano isle Stromboli , where I ate a pizza at dusk piece watching the volcano's eruptions.

The islands are swell for delicious in addition to affordable eating. I sampled an H2O ice granita every solar daytime (essential for cooling downwards on hot days).


This yr I've visited quite a few volcanoes. I walked approximately the crater of Vulcano on some other blazingly hot day.


I returned to the islands inwards September for to a greater extent than isle ascents - in addition to a leisurely boat trip.



In Oct I visited Taormina amongst my parents in addition to visited some other volcano.



We visited the atmospheric hamlet of Savoca in addition to stayed inwards the fantabulous Borgo San Rocco run yesteryear the wonderful Vittorio , to whom all guests are personal friends.



There were lots of memorable moments inwards Rome inwards Nov , including a furnish to the wonderful palace of Nero in addition to my favourite Roman repast , pasta amongst squelch flowers at a trattoria called Da Carlone inwards Trastevere.


I made a video of the daily life in addition to starling murmurations of Rome.



On a pre-Christmas trip to Venice I enjoyed the peace of the metropolis in addition to made a few videos to exhibit some of the unlike facets of the city.


I haven't made my go plans for 2016 , exactly if you lot follow me on Twitter or see the website in addition to this weblog , you lot tin plough over the axe grab upwards amongst my latest destinations , discoveries , meals , H2O ice drinks in addition to off-the-beaten-track experiences , likewise every bit all the latest website updates in addition to Italy recommendations.
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Monday

May 16 & 17: Two sleep-ins & two contemporary galleries

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In all the excitement , I haven’t told yous much close Glasgow.  We’re staying yesteryear the River Clyde , only across from the Central Station , thus it’s relatively tardily to acquire into town.  It took us hardly whatever fourth dimension to acquire to Tiso when nosotros bought our bags.   The edifice we’re staying inward is also quite lovely , too we’ve got a huge room , too i one-half of the distich we’re staying alongside is an engineer doing his PhD inward air current technology.  There’s a tiny TV inward the room too a collection of DVD’s including Not Another Teen Movie , 2 Toy Story films , Knocked Up too Despicable Me.  There’s a existent selection.


In damage of actual , not-our-apartment Glasgow , it form of reminds me of Melbourne.  It’s really greyish , wonderfully dingy too grimy , constantly drizzly too has a fair amount of street art.  There’s a lot of immature people , a lot of tourists , galleries , chain stores too tourist shops.  There’s a river , impractical-looking bridges too non plenty bins.  Everyone walks chop-chop too jaywalks too at that topographic point are to a greater extent than buskers than I experience only comfortable with.  It’s pretty bustling too only noisy plenty that yous don’t convey to whisper to convey a individual conversation.  In identify of seagulls shitting on statues , they’ve got pigeons , but that’s the biggest deviation I’ve constitute thus far.

It was Sat , midday too raining when nosotros left , thus nosotros made a beeline for GoMA.  There were 2 reasons for this: a) I was great to see GoMA , b) GoMA was quite some Lush , too it’d been likewise long since I got the homey , comforting sensation that came alongside entering Lush.

The roof at GoMA

 The Gallery of Modern Art inward Glasgow was a beautiful former edifice alongside fantastic pillars.  A statue of a homo riding a Equus caballus greets yous at the entrance to the edifice , too he’s wearing a traffic cone on his head.  That’s how yous know you’re at a modern fine art gallery , every bit opposed to a national gallery.  Inside are rows of mirrors too people alongside lanyards too nametags too girls inward Dr Martens.  A video piece of job yesteryear an creative someone my animation instructor mentioned inward 2nd twelvemonth plays inward some other room.  The piece of job is quite prissy , but I wishing the room wasn’t thus dimly lit , thus I could reckon the architecture.

Last twelvemonth I visited a symposium that focused on contemporary shows too industrial plant that employed the creative someone at curator , too inward GoMA I stumbled upon a present I’d heard mentioned at the symposium.  A serial of presumably Glaswegian artists had been employed to conduct industrial plant from the archives that hadn’t been on display inward quite a piece , too thus item why they’d picked them.  One was an Aboriginal artwork too it was quite evident that the creative someone who selected it wasn’t likewise good versed inward Australian Indigenous art.  It made me cringe to read their statement.

We got into a heated give-and-take close the operate of analyzing artwork too reading paintings , which worked upwards an appetite , thus nosotros took a tiffin interruption earlier heading to the adjacent room.  This was my favourite exhibition , because it was all yesteryear woman someone artists too a lot of the piece of job utilized maps.  One especially beautiful piece of job was yesteryear an creative someone named Louise Hopkins , who had embossed some sail music onto heavy paper.  From a distance it was unnoticeable , too fifty-fifty upwards unopen it was difficult to decipher.  The gallery attendant too I got talking close how people were attracted to for certain industrial plant , too she handed me a volume of Louise Hopkins’ piece of job to flick through.  It was beautiful too position me inward a happy place.
Louise Hopkins' work

"Ilana Halperin's piece of job explores the human relationship betwixt geological phenomena too daily life.  In 1831 , an isle named Ferdinandea appeared off the southern coast of Italy during an underwater volcanic eruption.  This sparked an international dispute over the ownership of this strategically positioned novel landmass.  Within a few months too earlier whatever serious conflict developed , the isle disappeared , crumbling dorsum into the sea.  Halperin remembers working intensely on this drawing , which she developed over 3 months."  I enjoyed the creative someone contention for this piece of job to a greater extent than than I enjoyed the drawing.


I can't scream upwards what this was a drawing of , but I took a epitome of the ocean monster inward it.




From GoMA nosotros caput to George Square , where I encountered many pigeons too statues of accomplished writers too poets.  A tent had been erected on a grassy patch inward front end of the square.  Next to it was a sign that read , “to let”.  We idea it was perchance an artwork , but yous tin mail away never tell.  We went to Lush , I spent less fourth dimension talking to the director inward this special store , too nosotros went dorsum to the even to leave of absence of the drizzle.


From GoMA nosotros caput to George Square , where I encountered many pigeons too statues of accomplished writers too poets.  A tent had been erected on a grassy patch inward front end of the square.  Next to it was a sign that read , “to let”.  We idea it was perchance an artwork , but yous tin mail away never tell.  We went to Lush , I spent less fourth dimension talking to the director inward this special store , too nosotros went dorsum to the even to leave of absence of the drizzle.

We were however lying inward bed when Eilidh came upwards to modify our towels the adjacent morning time too nosotros had to confess nosotros were however recuperating.  It was officially 2 months since we’d left Commonwealth of Australia on our conduct a opportunity too Glasgow seemed similar a identify to organize ourselves too grab upwards on some sleep.  Nicholas had stayed upwards until yesteryear iv that morning time , reading Casino Royale , thus didn’t remotely wake until midday.  We were headed to the Centre for Contemporary Art anyway , too they didn’t opened upwards til 12.  How civilized. 

Eventually , nosotros caput downward to the CCA , which wasn’t likewise long a walk from where nosotros were staying.  They only had i present at the minute (they were also running a distich of residencies that looked interesting , but neither were opened upwards to the public/had culminated inward a present yet) but it was worth the walk down.



Discussing too viewing contemporary fine art alongside Nicholas is ever fascinating to me.  I’m someone who spent 3 years learning how to read contemporary fine art , piece Nicholas tends to stick to the Old Masters too considers anything less refined every bit a lack of proficiency.  I mean value nosotros both were a footling confused too a footling intrigued yesteryear the piece of job displayed at the CCA , which was less an exhibition than it was a proposal.  The proposal was for 2 people to donate their bodies to fine art , but what the artists were , inward fact , going to create alongside the bodies , was a footling to a greater extent than ambiguous.  I assured Nicholas that they must convey known what they planned to create , or they wouldn’t convey had the funding too gallery support.


They referred to an indentation on the peel of a dead someone , which they presumably had seen inward a moisture specimen lab.  A video piece of job inward the dorsum of the room , which was called a Rehearsal , showed intricate indentations on the peel of somebody living.  Two industrial plant displayed on the flooring mirrored the indentations inward trend too shape , but were made of clay too 3D-printed plastic.  There were constant references to the Neolithic too to Orkney , too Nicholas felt at that topographic point mightiness convey been a human relationship betwixt the shapes on the Earth too the cairns too burial mounds.  It asked to a greater extent than questions than it answered , too at that topographic point was a for certain allure to the work.   I almost hoped the donors would decease to a greater extent than chop-chop , thus that nosotros could reckon the piece of job come upwards to fruition , but that raised fifty-fifty to a greater extent than questions close myself too the artwork.





The edifice we're staying inward piece nosotros see Glasgow

This edifice is currently for permit (!!!)


We wandered some to a greater extent than too eventually caput habitation , Nicholas having Bond on the encephalon , thus nosotros watched Daniel Craig’s Casino Royale until the early on hours , constantly readjusting the volume , thus nosotros didn’t wake upwards our hosts.

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Saturday

5 Travel Tips for Pregnant Women

Travel Tips for meaning woman
For virtually women , pregnancy has its fair portion of nausea , anxiety together with fatigue. But the expert summary is all 3 symptoms won't commonly bridge the total nine months. Take payoff of the minute trimester when you've expected overcome morning time sickness , but non soundless felt the onslaught of increased fatigue. When possible , it's best to schedule your Travel between the 20- together with 30-week marks.
It tin survive perfectly prophylactic to Travel during your pregnancy. But you'll require to create to a greater extent than or less extra planning together with precautions. Here's A listing of Travel Tips proceed next these earlier you Travel inwards pregnancy:

Pregnancy Companion Mobile Apps

There are lot of gratis mobile apps inwards the marketplace which helps together with direct y'all during pregnancy alongside the advert of gratis Pregnancy Companion mobile Apps , these app lets women banking concern fit drug security , runway hydration , "Ask the Docs" pregnancy-related questions together with follow the baby's daily growth through video together with images. Use these kinds of apps during your Travel in pregnancy.

Travel Vaccinations
Avoided to travelling during your pregnancy to countries where vaccinations are needed. If y'all are going somewhere that requires Travel vaccinations , meet your doctor. Your physician volition allow y'all know which ones y'all require for the Earth y'all are visiting together with which ones are prophylactic during pregnancy.

Car Travel inwards Pregnancy
Make frequent breaks to stretch your legs together with watch the toilet. Always apparel a seatbelt. If y'all are sitting inwards the front end rider spot , movement your spot good dorsum from the dashboard to trim back airbag touching on inwards illustration of a collision.

Flying inwards Pregnancy
Consult alongside your physician to hash out whatever potential risks item to your pregnancy. Check alongside the airline – to a greater extent than or less airlines won't allow a adult woman over 35 weeks to wing at all , or require a doctor’s note. Don’t forget to banking concern fit the fine impress of your Travel Insurance – to a greater extent than or less policies may non embrace pregnancy. Arrange alongside the airline for a bulkhead spot or a spot close an operate out for extra leg room or volume an aisle spot inwards this means going to the john volition survive a lilliputian easier for y'all during flight.

Sailing inwards Pregnancy
Ferry companies convey their ain restrictions together with may refuse to bear heavily meaning women (often beyond 32 weeks). Check the ferry company's policy earlier y'all book. For longer boat trips , such every bit cruises , honour out if at that spot are onboard facilities to bargain alongside pregnancy together with if at that spot are medical services at the docking ports.

Don’t forget to follow these Travel Tips during Travelling inwards pregnancy for taking much aid of yourself together with your baby.

There are some Travel Tips together with guides , don’t forget to banking concern fit it out 4 Tips for Women to Travel Safely Around the World
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Sunday

Important Rome cave find; white truffle; carry strike

Welcome to HaloTrip.blogspot.com | The nearly exciting slice of word from Italia inward the finally few weeks has been the annunciation of a hugely of import regain inward Rome. In the honeycomb of the Palatine loma , archaeologists convey uncovered (by accident) what is idea to live the Lupercal: the cave revered inward Ancient Rome every bit the site of the mythical founding of the metropolis , where Romulus too Remus were suckled yesteryear the wolf.
> BBC: 'Mythical Roman cave' unearthed (article , photos too video footage)

Another regain - less momentous exactly nevertheless thrilling to foodie circles - was made inward the reason of Tuscany , non yesteryear archaeologists exactly yesteryear a dog. The white truffle located yesteryear Rocco , a mongrel , weighs 1.5kg too is the largest to live unearthed since the 1950s. Traditionally it is pigs who honor truffles , the difficulty is that evidently they tend to swallow the truffle. Dogs , beingness cleverer , tin strength out live trained non to swallow the precious fungi.
> Guardian: Italian mongrel leads possessor to record-breaking truffle

And lastly; if yous are planning to locomote on populace carry inward Italia on Fri , live warned. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 strike (sciopero) has been announced , although it remains to live seen how many workers volition adhere (strike on a Fri = long weekend alongside the family) , or if it volition genuinely larn ahead. It is due to touching nearly populace carry , including railways , from 9am-5pm , alongside possible variations inward cities. Airports may live affected betwixt 11am too 3pm The smaller airports used yesteryear budget airlines , too their dedicated autobus services , are oft surgery every bit normal. But banking company tally the websites of whatever carry firms yous are planning to locomote alongside too live prepared for delays.
> Italian carry ministry: data on strikes

And finally , if you've had problems catching a taxi inward Rome lately , or convey seen angry taxi drivers blocking squares , it's because taxi drivers convey been protesting over the issuing of licences.
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