When I declared to anyone on the ship who would listen that I was 'soooo excited' that we were docking for one day in Naples, I mostly heard back replies along the lines of 'I hate Naples, it's a dangerous place,' 'I won't bother getting off the ship that day,' and 'Naples is dirty.' In… Continue reading Naples in One Day
Category: Italy
Milan Bergamo Airport is Nowhere Near Milan – that time we got stuck in Italy
Milan Bergamo Airport is to Milan what Stansted is to London. Once upon a time, the powerful forces of nature, Budapest airport, and the glorious company that is Ryanair all joined together in a magical but tragic alignment of the stars, setting off a chain reaction of events and strange surprises. The likes of which… Continue reading Milan Bergamo Airport is Nowhere Near Milan – that time we got stuck in Italy
A Rather Late Round-Up of 2017
I'm a bit late to the party here, given that we're almost one month into the new year, but at this particular moment in time I appear to be stuck in a hotel in Hamburg with not a whole lot to do. So what better way to fill the time than a casual reflection on… Continue reading A Rather Late Round-Up of 2017
Teaching English in Italy • San Lorenzo, Le Marche
Part two of my adventures teaching English in Italy: San Lorenzo in Le Marche. If you need to catch up on part one, here it is in all its bloggy glory. I may have been the one doing all the teaching, but here are all the lessons I learnt along the way... 1. What it… Continue reading Teaching English in Italy • San Lorenzo, Le Marche
Teaching English in Italy • Week One, Mondavio
Somehow, with no interview or even a whiff of a TEFL qualification on my CV, I had been offered a job teaching English IN ITALY. TO ACTUAL ITALIAN CHILDREN. I booked myself onto a flight to Bologna and only the night before leaving did I begin to panic that this whole thing was an extremely… Continue reading Teaching English in Italy • Week One, Mondavio
Solo Travel in Venice • Three days in the Floating City
After two weeks of hard graft teaching kids in Marché, I decided the best thing to follow up with would be a spot of solo travel in Venice. The main objective for my time in the city (aside from having a bloody great time), was to spend as little money as possible. This is mainly… Continue reading Solo Travel in Venice • Three days in the Floating City