Photos from Venice

I love Venice!  The atmosphere there is so different, each canal has its own story.  And the environment was so picturesque, I struggled to capture it in a photo.
Here are some shots I took on the Rialto bridge.  They were taken at dusk, but of course I wasn’t lugging a tripod around with me, so [...]

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Processing photos

So in the last few nights, once the kiddies are asleep and the house is as quiet as the drone of the ducted airconditioning and fridge, I’ve been processing the photos from our trip to Italy.
It’s wierd – I guess in the “old” days of film, in huge sweeping generalisations – you would get the [...]

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Being your own travel agent

Isn’t it wierd – there’s all these sites on the internet now that gives us the power to investigate and book flights, trips, accomodation.   I guess it suits the type of people who like to control all of this themselves instead of leaving it to a travel agent…  like me   But then again, [...]

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Florence accomodation

So we’re less than 2 weeks away from our quick Italian trip!  We’ve got the flights booked, the internal train tickets booked.   We’ve finally booked the Rome hotel, but we haven’t got hotels booked for Florence or Venice yet.
What to choose?  As my wifey will testify – I luurrrvveee doing research.  Too much research really.  [...]

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