Destination: Italy

Italy, day one (kinda)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 | By cadillactramp13 | Views [496]

After 26 hours of exhausting travel, my feet finally touched the ground in Italy. I had no money, I do not speak the language, I do not have a phone, and my Internet wasn't working. To say I was shitting my pants is an understatement.  A friend of a ... Read more >

Photos: Benvenuti a Roma

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 | By cadillactramp13 | Photo Gallery

Florence day 4

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 | By david_vanessa | Views [1250]

30Oct12 Florence Decided to spend the day looking around the free state museums then head off to Rufina for a festival starting at 1600. We walked into the old city only to be met by a sea of blue t-shirt clad people. It was a breast cancel fun ... Read more >

Florence

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By david_vanessa | Views [1530]

29 Sep 12 Florence What to do today. Domestic duties. We head off to a local laundry with our clothes walking next to us. They are as relieved as we are to get a wash. An old couple turned up and we noticed the accent sounded ... Read more >

Photos: parma

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By coffeeatyosi | Photo Gallery

Photos: modena

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By coffeeatyosi | Photo Gallery

Photos: florence

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Florence Day trip Certaldo-San Gimignano

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 | By david_vanessa | Views [2789]

The dream is to walk in Tuscany. They reality is that it is hot and humid. Still we decide to ignore the reality of the situation and press on. Lonely planet have a walk to follow and we as their disciples believe in them. Train ... Read more >

Photos: Italy-Florence Day trips-Lucca,Certaldo,San gimignano

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Lucca

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 | By david_vanessa | Views [1253]

27 Sep 12 Lucca I believe that Napolean liked Lucca so much that he gave it to his sister. We caught an early train from Florence and initially were unaware that we were travelling with a columbian and  and an australia woman and child from Melbourne.... Read more >

Arrived Florence

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 | By david_vanessa | Views [512]

Arrived. Found our accommodation after again heading off in the wrong direction. Maps work but descriptions in english written by foreign language people just get lost in translation. Room is warm and has a window onto a busy ... Read more >

Ma.. le lavatrici sognano pecore con l'ammorbidente?

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 | By ely_dav | Views [282]

L'insostenibile pesantezza del latte e altri racconti. Una cosa di cui non ho ancora scritto sono le "confezioni maxi" che si trovano nei supermercati. Come in Italia vendono le confezioni-famiglia qui si trovano le confezioni-squadra-di-football-... Read more >

Photos: Bolzano- Dolimite Mountains -day walk

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Bolzano - Alpe di siuzi

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 | By david_vanessa | Views [507]

Europe's largest high alpine meadow surrounded by dolomite peaks. It was a cloudy day but we decided to take a chance and head into the mountains even though the cloud level was low. We caught the bus from Bolzano bus station. It an impressively scary ... Read more >

Davos to Bolzano

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 | By david_vanessa | Views [1009]

23 Sep 12 Davos - Bolzano Train 1 -> Start 0902  Davos platz - kloster platz Train 2-> kloster platz - zernes Bus -> Zernes - Mals Train 3-> Mals - Merano Train 4-> Merano - Bolzano Finish 1430 I do not like long bus journeys.... Read more >