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2010 Wishlist and some Random Photos of Abruzzo

I can’t believe it’s almost a month since I last posted. There certainly have been a number of distractions, Christmas and New Year being the obvious ones, but I didn’t realise I’d left it so long.

So to not delay any more I thought I’d share a selection of photographs that I took while in [...]

Atri: Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and Andrea de Litio

I’d wanted to see the inside of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Atri for a long time.

Going to Atri is the obvious first step. But I’d been there at least three times and each time the cathedral was closed for restoration.

This time there were no signs of any work going on but the doors were [...]

Five get a little lost in the Majella!

After a really enjoyable visit to the abbey of San Liberatore, and a very fine picnic, we headed off to find the remains of stone huts used in the past as mountain refuges by shepherds. We thought they were on the far side of Roccamorice, so we took the route from Serramonacesca to Lettomanoppello and then [...]