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Author Archives: Thea Stainsby
Flowers continue to amaze me
On the Mediterranean and down the Adriatic the Spring flowers dried and died. The weather was so hot, all that was left were dried grasses and dead flowers. Leichtenstein and Switzerland have been different – the mountain flowers are in … Continue reading
Hayden & Andrea in Croatia
For the sake of expediency, here are Hayden’s selection of photos of their time with us in Croatia. Stories and my photos will come later! Dubrovnik Bol, Brac Island Split
We finally meet Andrea!
After much planning and waiting, Hayden & Andrea arrived in Dubrovnik yesterday. It is wonderful to see Hayden again after 16 months, and so exciting to meet the lovely Andrea. So far we have explored the city of Dubrovnik, now … Continue reading
Of Mad Dogs and Englishmen.
My friend Pat and I were walking in the rain in Split (was Yugoslavia, now Croatia) one day a “couple of years ago”, when a local man looked at us and quoted Noël Coward’s “mad dogs and Englishman”. He laughed … Continue reading
Never wanted to go to Naples
Bruce never wanted to go to Naples. It was there in his Kombi-travelling days that they were robbed. Bruce lost his camera (bad, but replaceable) and all his film through England (meeting me), northern Europe and down through Turkey & … Continue reading
Spring into Summer
For the first few months of our travels we have been spoilt by the colourful flowers of Spring. Amongst ruins, along roads and up and down mountains – there are flowers of white, pink, blue, red, yellow. But Spring is … Continue reading
Some things have to wait
I have not posted any stories for a while. I have not annotated my photos and uploaded them for a while. Those things have had to wait. BUT I have finished my end of year bookkeeping. Bruce’s BAS is ready … Continue reading
Oops, didn’t plan that…
Our plan was to remain fluid. Not to create a fixed agenda that was regimented. And that is how we ended up in Corsica. Macedonia was (still is) high on my list of must visits. I have been told the … Continue reading
Tenuta di Papena, Tuscany
We have just spent a glorious two weeks on a farm in southern Tuscany, sharing with 12 horses, 2 foals, 1 pony, 5 (sometimes 6) dogs, 2 cats, 100 swallows, 1,000 lizards and two butterflies doing what butterflies do on … Continue reading