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Monthly Archives: May 2017

Aquileia and Grado

May 29, 2017by Currently Away

The Roman winter camps of Aquileia went on to become the ninth most important town in the whole of the Empire, and a splendid metropolis based on trading across the […]

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2017 A break from Blighty, Italy

Treviso

May 28, 2017by Currently Away

Treviso, rumoured to have been founded by refugees from the Trojan War and which became the ancient Roman town of Tarvisium, is now known as ‘Little Venice’ for its collection […]

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2017 A break from Blighty, Italy

Ferrara & the River Po Valley

May 27, 2017by Currently Away

The great river Po flows eastward across northern Italy from a spring in the Alps, to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It is the longest river in Italy and extends […]

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2017 A break from Blighty, Italy

A Day in Bologna

May 26, 2017by Currently Away

Bologna’s history reads like a blueprint for the major Italian cities; founded by the Etruscans, overrun by the Gauls, conquered by the Romans and then ravaged by the Barbarians. From […]

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2017 A break from Blighty, Italy

Modena

May 25, 2017by Currently Away

Wanting to get to Modena early we sailed down the slip road onto the motorway just after 8am and straight into a police convoy escorting two small noisy vintage racing […]

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2017 A break from Blighty, Italy

Parma

May 24, 2017by Currently Away

Parma is a place for the senses, you see, hear, feel and taste it… A genteel town that still thrives on ‘la dolce vita’ it is rumoured to be packed […]

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2017 A break from Blighty, Italy

Piacenza and Fontanellato

May 23, 2017by Currently Away

Planning our route to Bologna we were careful not to cross the path of the Mille Miglia, a 1,000 mile race of vintage sports cars, heading along the same route. […]

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2017 A break from Blighty, Italy

Asti

May 21, 2017by Currently Away

Asti, the self-styled capital of the sparkling spumante-producing region is a bumpy ride along a lumpy tarmacked road through vineyards. Parked up in its bustling central car park lined with […]

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2017 A break from Blighty, Italy

Turin

May 20, 2017by Currently Away

Elegant Turin, lined with old-fashioned and white columned shopping arcades, dotted with large, airy squares busy with cafés, and bounded by the wide green waters of the River Po, surprised […]

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2017 A break from Blighty, Italy

Susa

May 18, 2017by Currently Away

Full of Roman and medieval majesty, Susa has occupied a strategic position for two millennia as the junction at which invading or retreating armies, pious or otherwise pilgrims and caravans […]

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2017 A break from Blighty, Italy

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