Destination: Italy

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Sat, 11 Aug 2007 | By jake70118 | Views [329]

Naturally with having had so much sleep this urban peasant was full of energy, raring and ready to go bright and early Thursday am.So, I set off down the Via Cavour, a huge boulevard, to go see the monument to Vittorio Emmauelle I. I crested a hill and ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

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Sat, 11 Aug 2007 | By jake70118 | Views [357]

The taxi ride from the station was very short, given that my address, via Buonarroti 39 and the Termini station are only five blocks apart. Standing in the entry way of this enormous building\ house was the talented, and attractive CLaudia. She took ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

Getting here

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 | By jake70118 | Views [257]

SO,What a relief to be out and about in the great big wide world.Coming here I did manage to get squeezed into business class, and I do mean squeezed. The man to my right was as corpulent as ever I,ve seen, and the woman to my left, although shorter, ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Gallery: Europe - Italia

Thu, 9 Aug 2007 | By gilbi | Photo Gallery

Before leaving

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 | By filippeion | Views [533] | Comments [2]

Our beautiful cat, she's called "micia2", she will wait at home.

Tags: Family

Gallery: Before leaving

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 | By filippeion | Photo Gallery

My first

Tue, 7 Aug 2007 | By mrhunt | Views [327]

Bla bla .... We had nice dinner bla bla

Tags: Food & eating

RELAX na Italia....

Sat, 4 Aug 2007 | By gilbi | Views [1234] | Comments [1]

Depois de 5 dias de pedal intenso nada melhor do que nao fazer nada para variar, pois foi justamente o que eu fiz, de volta na casa dos amigos da Le Canne apenas curtindo a boa comida e o bom vinho italiano, sem muito stress e  dormindo bastante........ Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Gallery: Out and About Around Sicily

Fri, 3 Aug 2007 | By stanzz | Photo Gallery

Bellisimo!

Fri, 3 Aug 2007 | By whereintheworld | Views [986]

Romantic gondola rides, candle-lit restaurants, and couples walking hand-in-hand.  Ahhhh...what better way to enjoy the romances of Italy than as a single girl .  Poor Mandy.  She had to indulge in it as a girl in Italy with a boyfriend at home, yikes!  ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

The day the smile slipped from my face

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 | By sfau | Views [429]

On the second day of travelling from Florence to Rome i left the campsite at sovicille ( near the city of sienna ) and after a brief chat with myself, decided to spend a day going cross country. The 1st 30k were really great, easy rolling hills with ... Read more >

Gallery: Italy

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 | By rimy | Photo Gallery

Cinque Terre

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 | By rimy | Views [1047]

Cinque Terre   We stayed in two different places; the first was in Riomaggiore the most southern of the 5 villages. We went further north of Cinque Terre also, just above in a little place called Dieva Marina . Here we still had ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Rodando a Italia de BICICLETA

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 | By gilbi | Views [3978] | Comments [5]

Apesar de todos, com quem falei, acharem loucura fazer uma viagem de bicicleta na Italia em pleno verao, eu permaneci firme na minha loucura mesmo porque caso mudasse de ideia no meio do caminho era so colocar a bike dentro do trem e pronto. No total ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Florence

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 | By sfau | Views [291]

when i arrived in Florence in the late afternoon after a very long and uphill day, i knew that the campsite was on a hill south of the river overlooking the city. All i had to do was find the river and then the correct bridge to cross over it. 40 ... Read more >