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Wed, 30 Sep 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [39]
Venice
Monday
29 th September
Venice
gets six million visitors per year. We think that five and a half
million were in St Marks Square when we arrived at 9:00am this
morning. ... Read more >
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 | By almost_italian | Views [42] | Comments [1]
We were a little apprehensive about Naples, we had heard and read so many stories, and none of them shone a very positive light on the city of the perfect pizza. We really didn’t know what to expect and had stirred each other the entire way from Rome ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [37]
Tuesday
22 nd September
Bari
We
decided that today would be our chill day on the boat. Booked into
the spa for a 45 minute Thai massage and spent some time in the
sauna, a ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [41]
Venicia
Early
start to get the train to Milano and then onto Venizia. All went well
until about 30 minutes from Milano when the train stopped. Evidently
there was a train crash near Milano ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [46]
Sunday
20 th September
Portofino
Sergio
planned that we would visit Portofino today. After the big night out
we all slept late and finally got on the road at midday.
... Read more >
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [39]
Saturday
19 th September
Genova
Six
thirty am is a seriously ugly time to wake up , but we have to be on
our way again. Presently we're on the express train from Zürich
to ... Read more >
Sat, 26 Sep 2009 | By almost_italian | Views [26]
With a tinge of sadness we parted
our little villa in Tuscany for Roma.
To break the trip we stopped in pretty little Orvieto for lunch. Orvieto is a pretty medieval village
that sits on a volcanic tufa rock., with underground tunnels and ... Read more >
Thu, 24 Sep 2009 | By almost_italian | Views [70]
Had booked a private tour of Florence with Guiseppe Migliorini from Tuscany Tours, and had to meet him at the train station around 9:30, so needless to say it was an early start. We had set off in perfect timing but didn't get far before we had realised ... Read more >
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 | By almost_italian | Views [86] | Comments [2]
Had a very lazy day today, grabbed a coffee from our local, walked around our property and had lunch. Were hanging around waiting for our tour at 4pm in Volpaia.
Arrived in Volpaia, met up with Roberta who took us on our tour. She gave us a bit ... Read more >
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 | By almost_italian | Views [46]
We all slept in this morning, but Paul was determined to have his photo taken with the leaning tower, so off we set, cameras in hand.
The trip over wasn't so bad, passed about 30km of these amazing tree farms just out of Pisa, which were awesome, every ... Read more >
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 | By almost_italian | Views [50]
Decided to have a bit of a break from driving so much today, so thought we'd check out our local. Radda is absolutely heavenly and everything you'd expect from a small village in Tuscany. Had a bit of a wander around, then found a coffee in Bar Dante, ... Read more >
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 | By jmmal2 | Views [91] | Comments [4]
Venice- The city of gondolas. Very
romantic. We spent most of our days here wandering around and getting
lost on purpose just to discover Venice and all the canals. We came
across a few beauties as well- awesome pizza, a ... Read more >
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 | By almost_italian | Views [53]
Got up late today, decided to do a little day trip to Volterra, was looking like rain today, it seems to be following us around. Navman saved us again today, we don't know how people get around without it.
Volterra is gorgeous, not too damaged by ... Read more >
Sat, 19 Sep 2009 | By almost_italian | Views [53]
Left the Lakes today, woke up to more rain, happy to leave.....
....finally saw what we have been waiting to see all week, a bus and a truck meeting head on, on that ridiculous one way road pretending to be a dual carriageway. They met on a blind corner, ... Read more >
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 | By almost_italian | Views [70] | Comments [2]
Early start today, had to catch the ferry from Bellagio at 8:14am to Como, caught the train into Milan. Just the girls again today, things went a lot faster. Lost all sense of direction, but after some kind instructions, we got on track again. Had a quick ... Read more >
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