Month: May 2019

Today is our travel day from Cinque Terre. I know you are all waiting to hear if the taxi arrived for us…… yes, including a phone call just before to ask if we were already outside waiting, also handled in Italian. Ok I will stop bragging, but I finally got…

This morning we reunite the Bear family and head to Monterosso to complete our exploring of the Cinque Terre. André plans to stay for a sunset shot of Manarola, so his will have an extra long day. It seems a little less busy today and we noticed there were no…

It has been a tough night for Tanya as her coughing has intensified over night, so she decides to give today a break and lounge around soaking up the Portovenere view. Andre and I abandon her ( with her blessing, as we are going to try another traverse today) and…

This is our travel day and we will meet up with André who has just flown into Rome. The day starts with a beautiful sunrise from our apartment window. We will get breakfast at the station as our train leaves quite early for La Spezia. After a smooth transition to…

Tanya has mentioned that in her readings, a day trip to Lake Como is very special and she suggests we should do that. As we only have one full day here in Milan , I think it’s too much but then in the morning I look at a few photos…

It  is a travel day today as we move from Venice to Milan. We choose an early morning train and we get woken up to the steady sound of rain on the roof. Into our hiking shoes we go and the hoods go up on our partly waterproof jackets. We…

I will admit that when we planed the trip, I thought that 4 days in Venice was going to be a lot. I stand corrected and thank you  Tanya for setting the schedule on that one. Every minute we have had, has been so much fun and so interesting. This…

Today is going to be a big day. It is sunny with a blue sky and a perfect temperature of 19C. I have discovered a great little bar/ cafe just outside our door that opens early enough for my latte. I introduce the Italian community to my pink  reusable cup…

A  little catch up here, we manage to get the car out of the medieval doors at the Palazzo and deliver the car without any additional scratches back to AVIS. I must say Phew!! We make a smooth transition into the train for Venice S. Lucia station and only 8…