Relax

From Malta we jumped to Sicily, a massive 35 minutes away by plane. We really want to experience countries further afield, but alas for now, at least whilst this orange twit is causing flight issues long haul, we are going to keep to Europe and explore a few places of interest. I remembered far too late that Sicily belongs to Italy, slight glitch in the old memory bank there, but still, we love Italy, so why not visit its islands? Sicily. We have only a short time here, jus

After visiting Malta, Sicily and Sardinia, Rome was the next obvious choice of destination. We have been before, but with the Trevi Fountain hidden under a mass of scaffolding and blue tarpaulin, Mr Bunny has yet to see this sight of beauty. More about that later.... It is May. Is May a good time to visit Rome? No. No it is not. Least of all in a Jubilee year (whatever that was supposed to mean as we saw no evidence) and certainly not when a certain Race for Life type maratho

One of our eagerly awaited trips from Quito was Lake Quilotoa. A water-filled crater lake, the most western volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes. For historians the caldera was formed by the collapse of this dacite volcano following a catastrophic VEI-6 eruption about 800 years ago. The dissolved minerals have created a shimmering aquamarine colour, far more dazzling that the described 'greenish colour' of the tourist literature. This was to be well worth the 'journey'. We had not