graffiti on silos at the entrance to Catania

October 27th 2016
I started my last holiday blog to Romania with the words “We almost went to Italy” and then we did! Right at the very end of summer we saw a cheap flight to Catania in Sicily and decided to grab it. People say that Sicily is different to the rest of Italy but I thought it was typically Italian with a twist. With just two weeks before our trip and without knowing much about our destination I st ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily

Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

Message Follow (4) Comment

Travels with Faith

graphix2go

I always wanted to travel and left Australia when I was 18 to travel around Europe and Asia, working on the way in London and Amsterdam, before settling down in Tel Aviv. We didn't do much travelling for years, just short family holidays in Europe, and then in 2008 we started travelling again. This travel blog starts off with our first trip to Laos and Vietnam. After two years of covid restrictions, we were lucky enough to visit Santorini when there weren't so many tourists and later in the year we did a road trip around southern Italy. This year we celebrated a big anniversary with a short br... full info

Joined	February 2nd 2008	Trips	0
Last Login	June 7th 2023	Followers	4
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	5
Blogs	88	Guestbook	74
Photos	2,277	Forum Posts	0

[photo=9010724]

[blogger=59774]

[photo=9010724]

[blog=950523]

[blogger=59774]

Top Photos Blog Map

Tot: 0.315s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 9; qc: 45; dbt: 0.072s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.3mb