Welcome Everyone.

Welcome to News From Italy, my blog about our Italian Adventure. Although this blog has now ceased publication I will be continuing to blog and I am sincerely hoping that my many followers here will move with me to Travel Tales blog to follow my next adventures wherever they may take me. The links to my other blogs are:-


I look forward to keeping in touch with you via them, thanks once again for all the support you have given 'News From Italy' over the years.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Hong Kong

Not strictly News from Italy but I wanted you to see this!



View from hotel window when we arrived last night. on Twitpic


Selina and Chris have now arrived in Hong Kong and these are photos of the view first when they arrived and then the next day.

View from hotel today.  on Twitpic

Friday, July 24, 2009

Produce


The orto is now producing a good range of crops, this is the harvest from an early morning picking earlier this week.

Friendly Egret


When we were down at the Fisherman's Beach in Marta on Monday afternoon, this handsome White Egret was happy to pose for me!

Friday, June 26, 2009

Persian Acacia





This attractive tree is at the moment in flower and I think that it looks so beautiful that I wanted to share some photos with you. Although we know it as a Persian Acacia having checked in our tree books, the locals call it 'Red Mimosa'