Web site for Tony Walsh – author on Arabia
It’s the weekend and what better place to be than the magical world of Kings Cross. Like Harry Potter, Kings Cross Station was the start of my journey north to school at the beginning of each term.
However, today’s magic was in the Continue reading “Lazarus by David Bowie”
The Royal Geographical Society held a couple of events mid-week; the Shackleton photography exhibition and talks by Hadi Al Hikmani and Abdulaziz Al Huseini organised by Nigel Winser.
With a large crowd , including several Continue reading “Leopards and Falaj in Oman”
With time to check-out the sights of London as well as listen to the talks at the RGO I wandered the streets.
In 900year old church of St Bartholomew the Great they Continue reading “Old and New in London”
South of Florence and, equally important for me, at the north-west terminus of the Frankincense Trail from Oman is Rome. We arrived into Rome on Italo Train‘s excellent service.
After the Continue reading “Rome the end of the Frankincense Trail”
From Bologna an express train cuts under the Apennines to Florence.
The track is remarkably smooth and allows speeds of up to 300kmph Continue reading “Michelangelo, Gucci in Florence”
Bologna continued to charm through to our last day in town.
Probably the most interesting church we visited in Bologna was the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Continue reading “Gelato and Churches”
Overlooking even the Two Towers are the Bologna Apennines.
The foothills close to the city Continue reading “Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca”
Bologna turned out to be a gem, with a cohesive central area and kilometre after kilometre of arcades providing traffic free, all weather walks.
The central area is dominated by the Two Towers. The higher, Continue reading “Two Towers of Bologna”
Flying Ryan Air in clear weather over Lago di Vernago in the Southern Tryol Alps took me into Bologna where the David Bowie retrospective is currently being shown. We flew over the Ötztal Alps where Fineilspitze mountain (left centre overlooking Lago di Vernago) was the location of the find of Ötzi the Iceman.
Though I had a ticket for the original 2103 launch Continue reading “David Bowie is…in Bologna”
Sub-Tropic Oman offers Beach Lovers soft-white sand, warm seas and perhaps best of all many will be deserted, until you arrive.
In the far north of the Sultanate the small town of Bukha Continue reading “7 Fantastic Beaches in Oman”