Even when I was just a kid, it was the out-of-the-way, non-touristy places that impressed me the most on my travels. I'm pretty sure that if you'd asked me twenty-five years ago where my favourite place in the world was, I would have said it was Igoumenitsa in north-western Greece.Back then, it was …
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25 years ago in Europe: We meet the Italian police
It's when things go wrong on a trip that you have the most fun, isn't it? Well, maybe not the most fun, but you certainly have the best stories to tell afterwards. See this photo - that's my Mum shepherding my sister and I into a carabinieri car - yep, the Italian police. You might well wonder how …
25 years ago in Europe: Pisa was already leaning
My memory of some parts of our European trip 25 years ago is a little patchy. I know we went to Spain, for instance, but for some reason there aren't even any pictures of this part of the trip in my scanned collection of photos. But I do remember visiting the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It helps, no …