Destination: Italy

Campi Flegrei (The Phlegraean Fields)

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 | By krodin | Views [1446]

  Campi Flegrei (The Phlegraean Fields) outside of Naples   The area right around Naples offers a wealth of historical sites to explore.   The Campi Flegrei region along the coast to the West of the city has been the source ... Read more >

Poseidonia/Paestum

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 | By krodin | Views [1230]

  Poseidonia/Paestum: Fabulous, Fabulous, Fabulous! I loved this site.   The region shows indications of having been habited in Neolithic times and later with more permanent settlements after perhaps the 10thC BCE.   By the ... Read more >

Pompeii, Herculaneum & Stabia

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 | By krodin | Views [1781]

  Pompeii, Herculaneum & Stabia   Ok. I am simply not going to even be able to give you a taste of how rich these sites are.   They really do need to be experienced first hand, so make your plans to head to Naples soon ... Read more >

Terrific Tarifa

Mon, 29 Jul 2013 | By katfox | Views [400]

Fact: You can see Morocco from Tarifa, when its not too cloudy.    The view of Morocco as we drove into Tarifa was terrific! As we approached Tarifa we were a little taken aback by the proximity of the mountains of Morocco. We had Africa ... Read more >

Photos: Florence & farewell to Italy

Fri, 26 Jul 2013 | By kmk | Photo Gallery

Florence & farewell to Italy!

Fri, 26 Jul 2013 | By kmk | Views [240]

Friday 26 July 2013   After some discussions with Michelle and Norm we have changed our plans.  We decided to leave San Baranto today and go down to Florence and stay there for the evening.  Michelle and Norm will now be departing ... Read more >

Photos: Vinci

Thu, 25 Jul 2013 | By kmk | Photo Gallery

Vinci

Thu, 25 Jul 2013 | By kmk | Views [283]

Thursday 25 July 2013   While some went to Cinque Terre today Norm, Michelle, Neil and I went to the town of Vinci (  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinci,_Tuscany ), Leonardo's birthplace.  Lovely little Tuscan town and ... Read more >

Photos: San Baronto

Thu, 25 Jul 2013 | By normandmichelle | Photo Gallery

Lycra clad men & women

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 | By kmk | Views [391]

Wednesday 24 July 2013   Today is quiet day i.e. no tours or outings.  I had soooo much laundry to do so I knew what the majority of my time today would consist of.   We all went for our daily morning stroll to the local ... Read more >

Photos: Bicycles and roads...

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 | By kmk | Photo Gallery

Photos: Lunch with Susie and San Baranto

Tue, 23 Jul 2013 | By kmk | Photo Gallery

Lunch with Susie

Tue, 23 Jul 2013 | By kmk | Views [236] | Comments [1]

Tuesday 23 July 2013   Went to Florence today as coincidently my dear friend Susie and her hubby Gibbsy are in Florence too.  Michelle, Norm, Tara, Andrew, Fiona and Karen came along too (Darren and Peter went off to Ferrari museum, ... Read more >

Italy - San Baronto

Tue, 23 Jul 2013 | By normandmichelle | Views [981]

July 19 Up early to catch the ferry back to the main island. Met at the terminal by our transfer to Catania airport a 2 hour drive away through tunnels and over bridges. Saw the mainland - Calabria just off the coast but no bridge.  We had a ... Read more >

Photos: Italian Cooking Class : San Baranto

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 | By kmk | Photo Gallery