Tag Archives: Italy

Blanched Bones or Human Life?

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 211. When visiting a country such as Italy, with so much to take in of historical interest, it is perhaps all too easy to only have eyes for the ancient ruins and ignore everything else. The following inspirational quote is … Continue reading →

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Watch out for Lizards!

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 192.  In 1900 American writer Laura G Collins published a collection of letters from her various travels around Europe, titled By-gone Tourist Days: Letters of Travel.  Although many of them are relatively dry descriptions of tourist destinations, at times she … Continue reading →

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A Miserable Winter in Rome

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 188. In 1817 Henry Matthews went on a “tour in pursuit of health”, and wrote about his experiences in Diary of an Invalid, in 1820. His first port of call was Lisbon, and from there he travelled to Italy.  … Continue reading →

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The Spark of Inspiration

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 181.  In 1817 Henry Matthews went on a “tour in pursuit of health”, and wrote about his experiences in Diary of an Invalid, in 1820.  In Florence he visited the Palazzo Pitti, taking a keen interest in the art, … Continue reading →

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Quarantined in the Port

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 160. In 1817 Henry Matthews went on a “tour in pursuit of health”, and wrote about his experiences in Diary of an Invalid, in 1820. His first port of call was Lisbon, and from there he travelled to Italy, … Continue reading →

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Stuck in Customs (in 1854)

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 157. When the American Rev. George Foxcroft Haskins visited Italy in 1854, as part of his tour of Europe, he was in reality visiting a collection of independent states. This was just a few years before the reunification of Italy … Continue reading →

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A Meeting on a Volcano

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 155. In 1854 the American Rev. George Foxcroft Haskins went on a tour of Europe, spending much of his time in Italy, due principally to his interest in the Catholic faith in the country. After visiting Rome, Florence and Naples, … Continue reading →

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Dreams of Childhood

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Quick Quotes 15. The following is taken from Thomas Rees’s Sixty Days in Europe and What We Saw There (1908): In childhood we live in the fancy of anticipation and we long for the time to come when we will … Continue reading →

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A Dream Come True

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Creepy History 25. For the last couple of “Creepy History” articles we have been looking at the supernatural experiences of Bayard Taylor. They are merely a footnote in the life of this prolific traveller and adventurer, collected together in a … Continue reading →

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Journals 10.4 – Loiterings in Europe by John Corson (Part 4)

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Roger Pocock

This is the fourth part of my article on Corson’s journal.  For the previous parts please see the entries posted on 4th, 11th and 18th January 2016. Corson was lucky enough to be in Rome for the inauguration of a … Continue reading →

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