New Items in Store

As you know, I have my work available on Red Bubble for purchase, I have recently added some new work and would love your feedback. If you haven’t had a look at Llewellyndesign.com then you may not have been aware that I have an ongoing promotion. Each week I will select one of my works to be offered at a sale price. All formats will be discounted. Maybe it will be your favorite piece? The catch being that I will not say which one it is, you will have to hunt for the bargain.

I would like to thank everyone for your ongoing support and encouragement, and my trip so far has been a blast. Stay posted for my update to Llewellyn Abroad for my time in Cinque Terra which was since devastated by torrential flooding, I will find out how the towns have recovered. Following that I will post about Nice and Monaco.

Until then, Happy Hunting!

Llewellyn.

Pisa

Traveling through Italy on Busabout is a great experience, You get to meet interesting people, see amazing places and pretty much have an awesome time. You will do some of the more Touristy stops though. Sure they have to be done, but you cant help but feel like a camera toting tourist at Pisa.

Florence, Italy – Day Two

Today was all about going to the Michelangelo Square. This meant crossing the famous Ponte’ Vecchio. Before any of that though, a thorough breakfast would be essential!

I was told by one of the other travelers about a small cafe that did a decent breakfast. overlooking the Piazza Dell’Indepenzia, on the corner of Via 27 Aprile, is Cafe Delixee’. They certainly did a decent bacon and eggs and didn’t mind me swapping the toast for pancakes and maple syrup.

Florence, Italy – Day One

The first morning I decided to check out the Statue of David. check out the leather markets and the Statue of David. I was absolutely gob smacked to see so many stalls all selling similar items. Well everything leather at least. The streets were lined as far as the eye could see with leather stalls. Long coats, jackets, vests, pants, underwear, wallets, purses, handbags, man-bags, laptop bags, jewelery boxes, belts, straps and just about everything else your leather imagination will allow you to dream up.

Florence, Italy

Arriving at the Plus Hostel Florence for the first time initially gave me the same feeling I had in Prague. The tall gates that were opened for the bus to drive through was intimidating. The buildings cubist appearance was not exactly welcoming and seeing the Top Deck bus in the lot once we were in made me feel as though this was going to be another ordinary hostel experience. Gladly, I was very mistaken.

Orvieto

On the way to Florence, we stopped at a small town in Italy called Orvieto. This quaint town with tight cobble stoned alley ways dates back to the Etruscan era. It’s prominently perched upon a piece of volcanic rock and visitors access the town with via the  funicular, a cable train that runs strait up the hill.

Return to Rome

My time is Sorrento was such an amazing experience, I was actually disappointed to be returning to Rome. Again I would stay at Camping Roma but this time I had arranged to stay in a cabin and not a tent.

Launch of Online Store

Some of my favorite images are now available for purchase at http://www.redbubble.com/people/llewellyndesign. So no matter where in the world you are you can get high quality prints of these select photographs in a number of format options. From Canvasses and framed pieces to post cards and posters, they are all available.

There is a link in the side bar so you can get there easily. Oh by the way… Christmas is coming. (hint hint).

Okay back to the important things, I will have my next post up very soon. I have been working on launching my business here in London and I can now return this blog back business lol. The next post is the return to Rome, then I will be covering Florence, Cinqe Terra then Nice and Monaco!

Until then, Caio.

Llewellyn.

Bright Lights

Another quick post, I take a break for the moment from reminiscing on my European journey to share with you a photo I took in London on Regent street. The Christmas lights here are incredible, I am going to have to go out again to try and get some different perspectives.

Christmas feels different here… Its colder (lol). People are more into it. I think I may even visit Henley’s toy shop just to see what it’s like at Christmas time.

Anyway, I will have to post an update to my euro trip soon.

Regent Street at Christmas.

Italian Adventure Amalfi Coast

It was a Sunday morning and we were up very early to leave Sorrento. We were going to travel along one of Italy’s most famous stretches of road and by leaving early we could avoid most of the trouble.

Again Ereni, our tour guide, was bright and cheerful. How she keeps it up I have no idea but it is great to see someone so enthusiastic. Also, Giovanni the bus driver was back again. We packed the bus and departed.

Italian Adventure – Sorrento Night two

This is only a small entry to show some photo’s from the night after exploring Capri.

After a long but incredible day in Capri, we returned to  Sorrento. I broke away from the group with two girls from the group who were keen on again enjoying the Passaggiare.

Italian Adventure – Capri

An early morning start may not have been appreciated by a few, but everyone was assembled and ready to explore the island of Capri. I was particularly surprised to see Ereni was absolutely on the ball, she was bright and cheery even after the late night before.

Italian Adventure – Sorrento

Sorrento is a beautiful small town across the bay from Naples on the Sorrentine Peninsula. A breathtaking town that inspires your inner Italiano. If you have only seen the big cities of Italy then you need to experience this classically Italian town with it’s wonderful cafe’s, beautiful restaurants and big Italian persona’s that you may have expected but didn’t get to see.

These are some of the things that our Busabout guide Ereni told us about earlier well before we wound our way down the mountain to this coastal town. As we descended through the tight streets with our bus driver Giovani showing his skill, I found myself becoming excited. We drove through the town centre as Ereni continued to tell us about this wonderful location.

Italian Adventure – Pompeii

Although a short stay was had in Rome and I would be back in just a few days, This morning I was joining Busabout’s Italian Adventure and leaving Camping Roma for Sorrento traveling via Pompeii.

We met our guide, Ereni, who ushered us onto the bus then gave us her interpretation of Italy. A relaxed culture of abundance and relaxation, she told of how the people are friendly and that we too would fall in love with this place.

Roma

All roads lead to Rome, and it helps when you are on a bus that is actually heading to Rome. Specifically it was headed to Camping Roma located on the outskirts of Rome. It was about 40mins out of the city, but it took about an hour on public transport to get into the city.

The heat from Venice had not given up and while standing in line to check in we must have tanned a little further, it felt like an even longer wait to check in than we had in Venice. Eventually I was checked in. I made a b line to my camping accommodation. It was a three bed tent.