Destination: Italy

I gotta Job..

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 | By stimms78 | Views [427] | 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 [387] | 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 [586] | 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 [611] | 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 >

Photos: Sardinia

Fri, 9 Jul 2010 | By stimms78 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Rome

Mon, 5 Jul 2010 | By atlantis004 | Photo Gallery

Tags: history, italy, madrid, monuments, rome

Photos: Cinque Terre

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 | By todd-holly | Photo Gallery

Photos: Venice

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 | By todd-holly | Photo Gallery

Photos: Florence

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 | By todd-holly | Photo Gallery

Cinque Terre

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 | By todd-holly | Views [360]

Cinque Terre - June 28th  - 30th We would again walk to our place in Cinque Terre, no way for Holy to ditch me this time.  In the morning we would walk the 10km through the five coastal towns (Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, Monterosso).  ... Read more >

Venice

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 | By todd-holly | Views [509]

Venice - June 24th - 28th Venice was only a 4 hour train ride away.  We arrived to great weather. We couldn’t afford to spend the $100+ dollars a night to stay down town Venice so we booked a place just north of town called Mirano.  We had to hop on ... Read more >

Florence

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 | By todd-holly | Views [425]

Florence - June 21st - 23rd We had a short walk to our place in Florence from the train station, unfortunately when we arrived it was poring rain.  I dug in my bag for my rain cover and jacket and still have a small umbrella that I found and fixed from ... Read more >

Photos: Pisa - Italy

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 | By todd-holly | Photo Gallery

Pisa - Italy

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 | By todd-holly | Views [357]

Pisa - Italy June 19th - 20th We will be in Pisa for only one day just to see the leaning tower of Pisa.  Holly has booked us into a B&B that should be very quiet but a little out of the way so we will be figuring out the busses once again.  The ... Read more >

Verona and Venice, Italy

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 | By bec-simon | Views [960]

While Mum and Sarah were here in the Summer we had an adventure filled, four day, flying visit into Italy to see Verona and Venice. I had planned to have a European driving license in time for the trip, but naturally it didn't arrive in time, and so ... Read more >