Destination: Italy

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"Stazione Grande! - Stazion Grande!"

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 | By stimms78 | Views [603]

7-16-10 The rocking of the boat gave me the most amazing and much needed sleep I’ve had in a very long time. I got to take a hot shower standing up in out private bathroom. We woke up early and went to the cafe to get some ... Read more >

Leaving Sardinia

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 | By stimms78 | Views [645]

7-15-10 (Since there is no Internet connection these are back dated and will post when I get a connection) Today is the day we are leaving Sardina. I’m sad to go- but also a bit relived because I thought I was never getting out ... Read more >

Milano

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 | By the_koetsys | Views [391] | Comments [1]

Tuesday 13 July 2010 Nothing to report from Milano, as this is only an overnight stop before catching our flight to Birmingham to meet with Murray and Eily The city looks to be like any other city and looks more modern than Rome, although I'm sure ... Read more >

Super Size Me!

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 | By stimms78 | Views [633] | Comments [2]

Yesterday we went to the beach again this time bringing my father. We had a great time and had an idea to send my mom with my friend who wants to come August 5th. So we are making some calls and sending out the message to everyone to try and convince ... Read more >

A walk along the Cinque Terra

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 | By the_koetsys | Views [533] | Comments [1]

Sunday & Monday 11 & 12 July 2010 An uneventful train journey from Venezia to Monterosso saw us arrive mid afternoon, once again to quite warm and humid conditions on the seaside. The trip was notable however because the last 15 kilometers ... Read more >

3 Nights in Venezia

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 | By the_koetsys | Views [538] | Comments [4]

8, 9 & 10 July 2010 G’day from Venice. There is little to report on our visit to Venezia. We arrived by train from Assisi mid afternoon and walked from the station to the apartment and of course managed to get lost on the way. Venezia is ... Read more >

The Art of Pizza

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 | By stimms78 | Views [1263] | Comments [3]

Italian pizza making is truly an art.I was lucky enough to help my cousin last night work the pizza station because on weekends its very busy and manning a wood burning oven is a very tedious task for one person. Opening up the dough, putting sauce ... Read more >

I gotta Job..

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 | By stimms78 | Views [413] | Comments [2]

I am sitting at Adrianos (my cousins) work place on a terrace overlooking the Sardinian country side. There is a nice breeze, I am in the shade and do some writing in my journal. My tummy is full from the latte and nutella filled pastry that we had at ... Read more >

Assisi

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 | By the_koetsys | Views [381] | Comments [1]

Wednesday 7 July The day started in typical Italian style. After an early breakfast, we headed for Termini to catch the train to Assisi. On arrival, we found the electronic board listing the departures – we could see our train listed, along with ... Read more >

Rome in 3 days

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 | By the_koetsys | Views [569] | Comments [2]

4 July – 6 July 2010 Had the most pleasant flight from Australia with Malaysian Airlines – would thoroughly recommend them to anybody – most definitely on a par to Singapore. The food was very, very good – the best airline food either of us have ... Read more >

My crazy flight and crazy people!

Fri, 9 Jul 2010 | By stimms78 | Views [602] | Comments [3]

The adventure has started. So we are 3 hours into the flight from NYC- all was going smoothly- on time departure just had a beverage- things were looking good until the pilot come on the loudspeaker "folks this is your captain and due to a navigation ... Read more >