denise16's VirtualTourist Home Page

My favourite travel pages at the moment are the 3, I have done on Peru. They are a record of an Expedition my son took part in with some people from his school. Although I didn't go I thought the photos, he came back with, were worth sharing, as were his comments.

I live in Warwickshire with my husband, son & dog. The son is in his 3rd year at Sheffield University, although this year he is living in Perpignan as part of an exchange prgramme.

I work for a small charity in Coventry as Campaigns Officer. I work with adults who have learning difficulties and support them in developing their self-advocacy skills. I passionately believe in supporting the people I work with to gain full acceptance and rights within society. Probably sounds really serious stuff, but we have a great time. For those who are interested in this work please email and ask.

In my spare time I'm studying photography so hopefully my pictures on VTwill improve. I'm taking a break from writing up my PhD so enjoying doing lots of things I haven't had time for recently, for example spending a whole day doing nothing! or devoting my time to reading a novel not a text book. I also love working in my garden.

For years I avoided anywhere that involved flying, still hate it but will do short flights now.
For many summers we drove to France and Brittany remains one of my favourite places. I love Paris, but doesn't everyone?
Years ago i visited Istanbul and have tried to convince my husband that we should go back. Even though someone tried to buy me from a friend.
Recently, Italy has been our choosen destination, the people are so welcoming.
I dont like crowded places. Visiting places that other Brits. haven't taken over is usually the thing that guides our choice. Why do places have English Pubs & Sunday Roasts? In September 2005 we visited Zante in Greece, although the island itself is beautiful, the resort we stayed in fitted the very things I have moaned about here.

The Camposanto ~ cemetary legend says Crusdaers in the twelfth century came back with soil from the Holy Land for Pisa's Gentry to be buried in.

Allied bombs destroyed the roof and damaged the cloister's frescoes. They are in the process of restoring them.

We try to get lots of weekend breaks in the UK. In the sumer we take the tent & the dog, at other times the dog stays at home & we find a hotel.
The dog loves his little holidays and we have had to buy a bigger tent because he took over the last one.

Monty is the 3rd of our dogs. He is a rescue dog and is German Shepherd X Rottwheiller. He was bred for the police force but proved to be a coward. He was put out for adoption to a private home. We are his 5th owners so he has had a bit of an unsettled start in life. We have had him 3 years and he is staying!

Can anyone guess where this beautiful sunset was?
No one guessed it was The gower in South Wales, one of Wales's best kept secret, so why am I telling you?
For more sunset pictures check out my album, linked to my homepage.