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The farthest southern point of my Grand Tour was Sorrento, but not really for the town itself – more to see the island just off the coast – Capri. Probably most famous for being home to Gracie Fields. I took a boat trip over from Sorrento. The limestone crags that project above the sea (TheContinue reading “The Grand Tour 1989 (Pt2)”

Another in my “Time Travel” series… The Grand Tour has been a popular thing in history since the 1700’s, so who am I to argue! In the Autumn of 1989, I booked a coach trip and set out to expand my horizons around Europe. It seems impossible to me now, that it was 33 yearsContinue reading “The Grand Tour 1989”

Within a week of returning from my first visit to Belgium, I was talking to a film-making friend Anne, about my trip and how much I had enjoyed it, expressing I would go again as quickly as possible! “How about next weekend?” said Anne. We were both big fans of Imax/Omnimax, Anne had a longContinue reading “Return to Belgium 1989”

Time Travel again! Only a couple of weeks after my Keukenhof/Netherlands trip I made my first solo trip to Europe, Belgium. I had a hotel booked just off Oostende seafront, and my ferry crossing and off I went. On this first trip I fell in love with Belgium, and have been many, many times since,Continue reading “Belgium 1989”