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Grado is very small but worth seeing as a day trip included with visiting Aquileia, it's quite scenic going across the lagoon. Grado was originally established in Roman times as the first port for ships heading up to Aquileia. I've not heard of the TV series 'La Porta Rossa' so I'll try and see if I can find it.

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Italy has so many different places to see, some of the smaller towns are nicer as there are fewer and in some cases no tourists. Thanks for watching!

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It is, very nice at the moment as it's very hot in Italy right now! Thanks for watching!

The old town is really pretty and the beaches are nice. Thanks for watching!

The ruins of the basilica were interesting as they were only discovered in 1905 where the area was dug up to make the square, that's Europe for you! Dig a bit and you'll find the ruins of something even older! Mass in the St Eufemia church was really lovely as a male choir sang most of it until the end when the whole congregation sang the song about the fishermen of the sea, it was very moving.

Grado is really nice, people mainly go there for its beaches, there's another longer stretch of beach past the promenade. I like to wander around (unless it's very hot!) in the old part of Grado during the day as in the evening everyone is out and about.

It's really my favourite part of visiting Singapore, it's all free so very popular. The music changes regularly as does the light show. This night it was celebrating Asian music, so very dramatic!

The sun lounge hire does amuse me once I found out you do it all online! You choose which beach, what type you want, with or without umbrella and there's even the more expensive cabanas on offer. Some people really do take their beach vacations seriously, we had to go to the public beach and just take a claim with our beach towels! It's very much a family beach holiday location, lots of people in Trieste own appartments in Grado they use for the summer months.

@@theresabigwideworld2632 That's brilliant haha we don't have that on our Welsh beaches ! Yesterday we were out sunbathing on one that was packed and we just came and went. It would have been nice to have loungers and brolleys ready there for us though 🌞

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I only know about Grado as Trieste is my original hometown and Grado is a popular day trip. Or in my case during a heatwave, a place to stay in an airconditioned hotel! There's a few different beach towns between Venice and Trieste, I'll eventually get around to visiting a few different ones. From the UK, Ryanair fly to Trieste Airport and that's quite close to Grado, either by car or bus. The train only goes to Cervignano (one stop from the airport) . and then a bus to Grado. Thanks for watching!

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That's fantastic, it's great to have some memories of an historic part of South Australia. I enjoy visiting and staying in the old cottages. Thanks for watching!

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It's a great place to visit, there's so much to experience! Thanks for watching.

Koala's are endangered in some parts of Australia, I happen to live in South Australia and that's not a problem here. They normally only come down into urban areas when we have a heatwave looking for water. People with swimming pools often get a koala visit.

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It's a beautiful city, thanks for watching!

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It was an impressive building, I've since read more about the Hall, after the distant cousin inherited he (in 1976) he found that the Hall was still heated by the fireplaces, there was no central heating and only a small percentage of the tenant farmhouses even had electricity! He had a lot of modernising to do, as impressive as the rooms were it was quite uncomfortable to live in them! Thanks for watching.

It's a lovely city, I want to go back to spend more time in the old part of the city, there's so much more to see. Thanks for watching!

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The old town in particular is very pretty! Thanks for watching!

This was one of the first videos I made when Australia was still locked down so only had a tiny bit of footage and photos from previous visits to the castle. One thing I didn't show in the video which I think is really interesting is the World War II bunker. The castle was occupied by the Germans and they brought in forced labourers to dig through the cliff to create a bunker to place heavy artillery to protect their naval base at Sistiana. I'm going to revisit the castle and get some decent footage and make another video at some stage. The castle and grounds are quite small but well worth visiting. You can either drive to Duino and park in the village or take a local bus from Trieste, the bus stops right at the castle gate. The area around Trieste is particularly interesting to me at least as it's very non-Italian it still has its Austrian and Slovene background and that makes an interesting contrast to the rest of Italy.

It's nice that these stately homes are still being used and aren't just museums to a bygone era. Thanks for watching!

Until I read Anne Glenconner's book I had never heard of Holkham Hall, she made it sound very homey and normal. It was kind of surprising to see how opulent it was! Seeing how far out the water was at Holkham beach really brought the message to check the tide times, I could see how easily people could put themselves in danger.

The owner of the B&B where we stayed had horses and after I said that we went to the beach, she said in winter they take their horses there and they love it. It must be like a playground for them, so interesting the army uses it too. Thanks for watching!

It's a lovely estate, thanks for watching!

I enjoyed reading Lady Anne's book as it was all so domestic and normal to her, then I visited Holkham Hall and saw the rather impressive surroundings and I thought 'what a life!' Although the downside I read later was that the estate wasn't exactly modern, when the distant cousin inherited the estate (in the 1970s!) he was shocked to find out that there was no central heating (UK gets cold!) and rooms were kept warm by lighting fires in the fireplaces. It's a lot more modern now! We don't see the private wing where the family live, I always wonder with all this grand furniture around them, do they furnish their private area in much simpler manner, IKEA?!😀

I enjoy watching the places you go to in your vlogs and it makes me realise I need to go north when I visit the UK. I like to visit a different area, on each visit, the only part of Yorkshire I've been to is Bradford and that was to have lunch with a friend who lived there!

It is and I liked the fact that the rooms are still used by the family, so the estate isn't a museum piece. It does mean though that's it's only open to visitors 3 days a week. Thanks for watching!

It's very impressive to see, and thanks for watching!

The Hall and the Walled Garden you pay to enter, but the grounds seem to be free to roam around. Just outside the North Gate is the village carpark and that's free to park in for 2 hours, so if you're up for a bit of a walk, it can be a cheap day out! Thanks for watching!

I heard that it can be quite dangerous with people getting caught with the tide coming in. Thanks for watching!

It's lovely and well worth seeing. Thanks for watching!

The last 20 years so many of the beautiful buildings in the city centre have been restored, it's fantastic! As Trieste is so unitalian I recommend it for people to visit so they have a different experience in Italy. Thanks for watching!

Sadly, it seems that Varenna has become the next Bellagio. The last time I went was pre-covid and it was fine then, just a few tourists. I watched a youtube video from 2 people who went last year and Varenna was packed with people, the charm of the town was spoiled I thought.

Possibly the time of year has an effect, although I have not been back since Covid.@@theresabigwideworld2632

The old convent I really like as I'm fascinated by Europeans coming to Asia in the 19th century and basically building replicas of European buildings. The nuns were French so they built a French chapel with cloisters. The nuns were still taking in orphans or abandoned babies until the mid 1980s which I found amazing!

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The floods in the video were hard for the river communities as they happened in November and December which are our summer holiday months and the small towns on the river get the majority of their tourism earnings as people come out and book out that caravan parks during that peak time. One small town I read recently, still hasn't had their caravan park facilities restored (insurance issues) and the floods were in 2022!

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Thank you for your lovely comment, the think I love the most about Singapore is its diversity, it's viewed very much as a strength. As a tourist it means you just moved to different areas to experience different cultures. Thanks for watching!