Having resigned myself to not getting an overseas holiday this year, it was getting towards the end of August when I realised that I didn't think I'd get through the winter without doing so. So I did something I've never done before, I booked a last-minute package holiday!! Two motivations for booking a package, firstly it was a lot easier at very short notice than booking all the individual parts of it separately and secondly it has better security in these time...

After this strange year and a half of no travel, thinking I wouldn't be able to get abroad this year, I decided to do a first and take a staycation! I've never done this before, put off by the price and similarity to real life as I prefer to fully get away in a totally different culture, language, climate (sun). I figured a staycation was better than no vacation so I booked an overpriced Airbnb in Penzance, with a view to exploring West Cornwall; I've never befor...

My final day in San Lazzaro (Agerola), I decided not to get the bus anywhere but instead to spend the day exploring hikes around the local area. I started off with San Lazzaro towards Amalfi down the "ancient steps". The views were of course stunning, of course! It was early and misty and not too hot. Obviously I was expecting steps (clue is in the name) but not that the entire walk would be nothing but steps!! I persevered because the views were lovely and I did...

After 5 nights in Napoli, I travelled on to the Amalfi coast to spend three nights here. I was worried about the bus from Napoli to Amalfi but actually it was easy, comfortable, cheap and totally fine. I'm staying in B&B with fabulous sea view on the edge of a small town called San Lazzaro, the region of Agerola. This area is famous for its scenery and hiking trails and my accommodation really helpfully lent me a set of hiking trail maps- they were the most u...

Why does off exploring always put my pictures sideways? My first day in Naples, I really wasn’t sure. My flight had landed an hour late at Napoli airport then it took me an hour to navigate the bus and Metro system to get to my accommodation. I had rented an entire apartment for five nights, which turned out to be in one of those wonderful old Italian buildings with a small central courtyard open to the sky and flats all around the edges. It doesn’t sound an...