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PRELUDE TO A JOURNEY
“A journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step.”- Loa Tzu Between 1951 and 1960 that single step lead close to 48,000 Italian men, women and children to take an arduous, emotional and sometimes treacherous voyage. They were bound for a country they only knew of by name (Australia). This was at a time when most people in Italy hadn’t ventured further than their own village. Nonetheless, these brave mavericks packed up what little belongings they had, boarded a ship and crossed an ocean to forged a new life in a strange land. In doing so they changed themselves and a country forever. Amongst those who made that…
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LONDON TO HASTINGS 1066
Sounds like the title of a sex pistol’s song but in fact it was a recent trip I took. Day one. I had the pleasure of spending a few days indulging in a classic London experience. Our day began at the Tower bridge where we took the Thames clipper to the Tate Britain museum. From the river we could fully appreciate many of London’s ancient and modern architectural wonders including the Houses of Parliament, the London Eye and The Shard London. Once at the Tate we visited the Van Gogh exhibition and was very happy to see The Starry Night in person, as well as his other beautiful works..After our art filled morning we…
