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Video's from the Redentore Fireworks Display - July 2022
As promised in my last post, here's a link to the GoPro video's I took of the Redentore Fireworks a couple of weeks ago. Having reviewed...
alanbond2
Aug 9, 20222 min read


Festa del Redentore - A Venetian feast for the soul...
Despite 17 years and 22 trips to Venice, Sarah and I never made it to Venice for la Festa del Redentore (the feast of the redeemer),...
alanbond2
Jul 17, 20223 min read


Happy Birthday Sarah
Somehow the idea of celebrating Sarah's birthday without her never entered my mind, but never the less that's what Sarah's family and I...
alanbond2
Jun 10, 20222 min read


Homeward bound
Good morning from Weggis in Switzerland. After two and a half wonderful weeks I've started the return journey back to Blighty. I'm...
alanbond2
Jun 3, 20221 min read


If not Venice then Tuscany...
I guess a lot of people lost opportunities to travel with loved ones during lockdown and I'm sure if we'd known in October 2018 that...
alanbond2
May 29, 20223 min read


Venice Part II : New experiences
I'm going to start this post with an apology for any spelling or grammatical errors; I've been given what I suspect is a very strong...
alanbond2
May 28, 20225 min read


Venice - To friends old and new...
The only part of my road trip which has consistently caused me distress has been thinking about spending time in Venice without Sarah. ...
alanbond2
May 26, 20222 min read


Following in the footsteps of the 'other' Bond.
As I'm sure the rest of the family will attest, living with a surname like Bond can be a mixed blessing. I spent most of my childhood...
alanbond2
May 25, 20222 min read


A Swiss Mountain Idyll
This post comes with my apologies for not posting anything since leaving Weggis on the 19th May. What started as a six hour drive across...
alanbond2
May 22, 20222 min read
Update on travel plans...
It's been an interesting first week in Europe with a lot of changes, some at short notice, but it's better to just go with the flow than...
alanbond2
May 18, 20222 min read


Forget about B&B Stereotypes, this is about to reset any expectations you may ever have.
I'm sitting at what is probably the best 'office' desk in the word right now... This is the view from the guest balcony of the B&B I'm...
alanbond2
May 18, 20221 min read


Project Management Lesson #2 - Sometimes Plans Have To Change... Deal with it!
This isn't the post I imagined I'd be writing today. It’s been an ‘interesting’ few days… I collected the MX-5 from Rocketeer Cars on...
alanbond2
May 17, 20222 min read


A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step...
Let me start by saying I have mixed feelings writing this first entry in the blog. I was blessed to be married to a wonderful woman who I...
alanbond2
May 5, 20221 min read
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