Keeping watch in Ventimiglia – April 2016
Earth colours – Ventimiglia Alta – April 2016

A couple of days spent exploring the medieval town of Ventimiglia…

 

A glimpse of the Mediterranean from the garden of La Mortola – not far from the border of France and Italy – April 2016

and the beautiful botanic gardens at La Mortola….

 

The colours of Rome – April 2016
Rome view from Villa Borghese gardens – April 2018

on the way to Rome.

 

Postcard from Milan – December 2016

Spires and street arts in Milan…

 

and surprising Piacenza in foggy December.

 

East from Marseille, the railway follows the Mediterranean coast into Italy and south to Genoa.
Cool elegance in Genoa’s Town Hall
Cool elegance in Genoa

A taste of Renaissance grandeur in Genoa…

 

Looking down to the fortified church at the harbour mouth of Porto Venere – October 2018
Extreme viticulture – Cinque Terre – October 2018
and Manarola…..

and some steep climbs in the extraordinary terraced landscapes of the Cinque Terre.

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