Egypt Weather according to The Ancient Egyptian Calendar Nobody can predict the weather of Egypt better than Egyptians, so here is your guide to the weather via a very useful calendar. The Coptic calendar, affiliated with the agricultural seasons, is inherited from the ancient Egyptian calendar. To summarise the change…
Pyramids continue to fascinate us and spark many debates over how such enormous structures were built, from visiting aliens, slave labour to a paid dedicated workforce. What does remain is that these amazing structures were built to protect the Pharaohs body and wealth, and guarantee his soul’s safe passage into…
Trogir – it sounds like a Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings town, or a planet from Star Wars or even a strange creature featured in Harry Potter! It is in fact a town in Croatia and on a recent visit I bumped into Father Christmas on his summer vacation. A…
Lucca is an old walled city in the Tuscany region of Italy. Close to Florence and Pisa (20 minutes train ride) it is a tourist destination but not as popular as its more famous neighbours and ancient rivals and after the hectic streets of Florence it can be welcome change…
The Cinque Terre, or the Five Terraces, are five villages on the West coast of Italy. Looking like they have been glued on to the cliff face and connected by paths through the hills this Would Heritage Site is a must if you are visiting this part of Italy. In…
I own a rather large black Labrador called Olly and one of the main objections to us getting a dog in the first place was who is going to look after him when we travel. It was not so much that I could not bear to go without him it…
