Tag: Mediterranean
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Malta, Game of Thrones
Malta, Game of Thrones. First stop, San Anton Palace and Gardens. Residence of the President of Malta, film set for Game of Thrones Season 1. A stunning urban jungle paradise, beyond even the film references. Life in the gardens originates, quite literally, from all over the world; it is custom for a visiting foreign leader…
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Gozo
Gozo, wild island, our first impression of the Maltese islands. Wind and rain, clouds and sun. Waves crashing. We had it all, sometimes all to ourselves, on an off-season February afternoon. Twenty-five minutes from the mainland via autoferry, but seemingly an entirely different world. A world of salt pans and citadels, ancient temples, secret caves,…
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Cinque Terre, Another Day
My impressions of Cinque Terre are mixed. In a sense, it’s like a Disney World – crowded, connected, seemingly fake and over the top, but also purely magical. A dream that’s real. The culture, the food, the sun, the sea – it’s all real. It’s simple and calming. Colorful. I feel like I shouldn’t, but…
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Cinque Terre
There is so much to say about these pictures and no great way to say any of it. It was one of the best, most full and joyful days of life. Reunited with best friends, gelato, pizza, wine, swimming in the sea, the warmth of the sun. We voyaged through all five of the five…
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Riomaggiore
Beautiful, rainbow, Riomaggiore, our homebase for the three nights that we spent in Cinque Terre, overlooking the Ligurian Sea. This, the first day of the set of some of the best days of my life. It began in Genoa in the afternoon. We flew in from London Stansted that morning, then took a cab to…
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Les Calanques de Cassis
My second trip to Les Calanques this year, and I’m still wondering if any of it is even real. There are no words or pictures to do any of it justice. Neither words nor picture can capture the vividness of the color, the sweet sharpness of the smell, the weightlessness of floating in the October…
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