Last August, I wrote about the fact that we had modernised ‘the little room’ in our home and then decided to decorate it with a rolling series of photos from our overseas travels.

The first series, selected from our visit to France in the northern winter of 2009/10, has recently been replaced with some photos from our first overseas trip, to Italy, early in the northern autumn of 2008. Here are the images that now adorn the walls of our WC:

Group 1

Colourful bistro cascading down a sidestreet in Taormina, Sicily

The brightly painted fishermen’s houses of Burano island, Venice

Reflections in the rising tide waters, Piazza San Marco, Venice

Group 2

Paved streets, polished by the passing parade of pedestrians, Erice, Sicily

Seasonal display of chillies and garlic, Rialto Market, Venice

Group 3

Grand thoroughfare, Pompeii

Arena restoration at the colosseum, Rome