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Christmas and New Year in Cheshire

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 6 minutes
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Artist Carl Spitzweg shows that art can make you laugh…

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 11 minutes
England It's important to think Short Stories

Alice in Wonderland

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 10 minutes
Artisans in Italy It's important to think Venice

The Mask Maker of Venice

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 5 minutes
A Year in Venice Bizarre History Chocoate chocolate It's important to think saints Venice

Festa di S. Martino – Venezia

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 11 minutes
A Year in Venice Emotions England It's important to think

Travelling in Europe – October 2020

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 17 minutes
Bizarre History Capable Women It's important to think Janet's Story Short Stories

Fairy Tales, Fiction and Philosophy

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 23 minutes
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The world of Grimsel — Lucinda Jane Simmonds

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
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Florence – 15th century ‘Procession of the Magi’

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 9 minutes
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Saints and Angels in Venice…

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 20 minutes
A Year in Venice It's important to think Venice

Venice – from cradle to grave

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 12 minutes
A Year in Venice It's important to think Venice

Death in Venice

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 2 minutes
A Year in Venice Bizarre History film It's important to think Venice

Venice and Film

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 15 minutes
A Year in Venice It's important to think Italy - Food and Wine

A Magical Mini Adventure in search of Friuli Wines………..

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 11 minutes
A Year in Venice Artisans Venice

Il Pavone – The Peacock

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 8 minutes
A Year in Venice Artisans Bizarre History It's important to think Treat Yourself Venice

Venice – a traditional printer at work

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 14 minutes
Bizarre History It's important to think Venice

Venice – dressing up and Guardi’s painting “Il Parlatorio’……..

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 6 minutes
A Year in Venice Bizarre History Great Libraries It's important to think libraries Tales from Italy Veneto and Venice Venice

The Armenian Island in Venice – San Lazzaro degli Armeni…

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 22 minutes
A Year in Venice It's important to think Venice

Redentore, Venezia: July 2020

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
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A Year in Venice It's important to think Veneto and Venice Venice

Venice – the last ten days in photos

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
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A Year in Venice Bizarre History It's important to think Veneto and Venice Venice

Venice – Giudecca and Sant’Eufemia

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 17 minutes
A Year in Venice Artisans in Italy Emotions It's important to think Veneto and Venice Venice

A brand new Regatta in Venice

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
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Capable Women It's important to think Janet's Story Journeys in Europe

Travelling across Europe by train in the time of Covid-19

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 17 minutes
Did you know? Geography It's important to think Janet's Story Journeys in Europe The Alps The Map Room

The Map Room

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 14 minutes
Did you know? Hidden Italy It's important to think Italy

Fiat 500 – iconic Italian car

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 9 minutes
Hidden Italy It's important to think Sicily

The Treasures of Sicily

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 22 minutes
Did you know? It's important to think Sicily

Sicily – La Sicilia: Mediterranean jewel

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 19 minutes
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Sitting an exam in times of Corona

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
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A Year in Venice Venice

An A-Z of Venice – it’s purely personal

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 19 minutes
Bizarre History Hidden Italy It's important to think libraries Northern Italy Tales from Italy

Dante – an early manuscript from Biblioteca Guarneriana, Italy

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 4 minutes
A Year in Venice It's important to think Venice

Venice – Carnival 2020

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 17 minutes
A Year in Venice Emotions Giulia Andreola It's important to think Italy Venice

A Perfect Wedding in Venice

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 15 minutes
Bizarre History Did you know? It's important to think Italy

Dante – Italy’s greatest poet

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 10 minutes
A Year in Venice Bizarre History Did you know? It's important to think Italy Venice

The Magic of St Mark’s Basilica, Venice

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 13 minutes
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Live like a student at Oxford University: B & B at Christ Church College

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 4 minutes
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The Villas of the Veneto

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 7 minutes
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Palazzo Grimani, Venice

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 10 minutes
Bizarre History Did you know? It's important to think Janet's Story Tales from Italy Veneto and Venice

Venice – Botticelli in Venice – seriously?

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 10 minutes
America Artisans Capable Women Did you know? It's important to think Janet's Story Mexico

Leonora Carrington – Surrealist artist

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 21 minutes
Bizarre History Did you know? It's important to think mountains Short Stories Switzerland

New Year – Neuchâtel – New Thinking

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 9 minutes
Did you know? film It's important to think Italy Janet's Story

Italian Films to make you laugh, cry and think…

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 12 minutes
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Canaletto and Venice

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 12 minutes
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Herculaneum – a very bright future…..

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 12 minutes
Bizarre History Book Review Did you know? It's important to think Italy Middle East Treat Yourself

Orhan Pamuk – The Museum of Innocence

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 15 minutes
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History of the Grand Tour 

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 17 minutes
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Paestum – Greek Temples, Tomb Paintings & Ristorante Nettuno 

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 13 minutes
Artisans Capable Women Did you know? It's important to think Short Stories Tales from France Treat Yourself

Lily Bollinger and Champagne

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 7 minutes
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Mandy Marshall and Herdwick Handbags

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 8 minutes
Bizarre History Did you know? England It's important to think Janet's Story Journeys in Europe Tales from France

Chartres to Canterbury – A Pilgrimage

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 21 minutes
Bizarre History Capable Women Did you know? Janet's Story The Holy Land

Kathleen Kenyon – Archaeologist

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 6 minutes
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Marburg to Marbury

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time less than 1 minute
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Special winter birthday: Caffé Florian turns 300 on 29 December 2020 — La Venessiana

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Janet Simmonds
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Janet Simmonds (nee Panagakis) is a British-born tour guide, writer and company director. Born in Liverpool with a slightly Greek grand-father and a very Greek great grand-father she has a special affinity with the Mediterranean, especially Italy and Greece. Trained as a Geographer and Art Historian at the Universities of Oxford and Manchester, Janet has spent most of her adult life running specialist travel companies and travelling extensively. Several times a year she leads small groups to different parts of the Mediterranean. She writes about her travels and observations.

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