S & J's Big Adventure

Johnny went in search of a laundromat this morning. On his return he said there was a big market in town today. So after a conversation with our host we went out to wander the markets. Consequently, not many photos today.

Note to Hilary. A lot of leather stalls and shops as you know. I bought an ostrich skin bag which does a nifty conversion into a backpack. The colours in the photo's are not a very good indication of the actual colours. This bag is a pale blue with a grey dot. The smaller bag is a nice blue/grey colour and I liked its various pockets etc. Also bought two scarves, three headbands and an inexpensive

Sharyn Sinclair

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A Little Retail Therapy

October 27, 2015

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Florence, Italy

Johnny went in search of a laundromat this morning. On his return he said there was a big market in town today. So after a conversation with our host we went out to wander the markets. Consequently, not many photos today.

Note to Hilary. A lot of leather stalls and shops as you know. I bought an ostrich skin bag which does a nifty conversion into a backpack. The colours in the photo's are not a very good indication of the actual colours. This bag is a pale blue with a grey dot. The smaller bag is a nice blue/grey colour and I liked its various pockets etc. Also bought two scarves, three headbands and an inexpensive

no-name perfume which has a nice scent.

The yellow earrings are the fine bone china from Belleek which I have been wearing almost every day. I am so fond of them I regret not getting a second pair in a different colour. When I discovered the white gold ones here I couldn't resist them.

The chap on the horse is a long ago King of Italy and he is looking up the street towards the Cathedral. The little arch thingy is someone's letter box - you can see it in their facade. Cute, I thought. Trains below. The red one is the 300k/h business we came down from Milan on.

Off on a day trip tomorrow of the Tuscan countryside, so an early night tonight. Being collected here at 8.15. Better make sure I am on the doorstep waiting when the coach arrives.



1.

Hello Hong Kong

2.

Western Markets

3.

Kennedy Town

4.

Victoria Peak

5.

Old Blighty

6.

Leaving Lancaster

7.

Kendal

8.

Lake District

9.

Grayrigg & Manchester

10.

Birthplace of the Gallen's

11.

Derg Castle

12.

Belleek and Donegal

13.

Dublin

14.

Dublin to Chester

15.

The friendliness of the Irish

16.

Rugby & Crick

17.

Northampton

18.

Cambridge

19.

Granada Television

20.

Afternoon with Anne

21.

No 14 Bus to Harrods and the Victoria & Albert Museum

22.

Buckingham Palace

23.

Westminster

24.

Supreme Court

25.

Imperial War Museum, Covent Garden and China Town

26.

St Giles and Oxford Street

27.

Trafalgar Square & National Portrait Gallery

28.

Eurostar to Brussels

29.

Alone in Antwerp

30.

Fabulous Antwerp

31.

Arrivederchi Antwerp, Hello Holland

32.

Spijkenisse

33.

Bruges, I'm on my way

34.

In Bruges

35.

Still In Bruges

36.

Last morning in Bruges - return to Brussels

37.

Back in Brussels

38.

Another City, Another Hospital

39.

Brussels to Ypres, oops!!!

40.

We will remember them

41.

The Ypres Salient

42.

In Flanders Fields Museum

43.

Ramparts War Cemetery and Hill 62

44.

Ypres to Paris

45.

Washing Day

46.

Notre-Dame Cathedral

47.

The Green Wall of 2nd Arrondissement

48.

Little French Shrug

49.

Eiffel Tower

50.

Sacre Coeur & Montmartre

51.

A Little Smoke Signal

52.

Paris to Milan

53.

Milano

54.

Window Shopping

55.

Castello Sforzesco

56.

Milan to Florence

57.

Piazzale Michelangelo (Michelangelo Square)

58.

A Little Retail Therapy

59.

Siena, San Gimignano & Chianti

60.

Porta Romana, Florence

61.

Viareggio

62.

Florence to Rome

63.

Rome

64.

Villa Magnolia

65.

St. Peter's Basilica etc

66.

Aurelio, Rome

67.

Roman Fountains

68.

Arrivederci Roma (what else?)

69.

Kowloon

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