Monthly Archives: June 2014

Wow, what a day…. just got back and washed the sand from my feet! We set off early today to beat the heat!  Arrived in pretty Vernazza for breakfast of coffee and twirly pastry with raisins. Lovely sunny morning with … Continue reading →

An early morning swim followed by breakfast at a seafront cafe, then off to the station to buy a day’s Cinqueterre ticket.  The ticket machines are as bad as the m&m machines!  It won’t give you the option of where … Continue reading →

We left La Spezia around 11am on the boat to Montorosso.  It is a beautiful sunny, hot and cloudless day, in fact we nearly frazzled sitting on the deck waiting to leave the port.  No sooner had we set sail … Continue reading →

We had a very lazy start this morning and finally set out for our croissant and coffee breakfast to be taken at a cafe across the square.  We were saddened to see five young girls round a table, who were … Continue reading →

All packed up ready for La Spezia.  Marie and I said our goodbyes and I grabbed a cappuccino and a croissant before getting back on the bus. Neil from Scotland is our driver and Ben from Oz is our guide.  … Continue reading →

We set off aiming to get to the Cathedral (The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore) in time for the festival mass that was taking place at 10.30.  We arrived just in time to see the procession disappear into the darkness of … Continue reading →

The usual coffee and croissant before Marie and I did a tour of Florence.  This posting will be mainly images and not necessarily in the right order….. First stop was to be the Cathedral.   We thought we’d like to go up into … Continue reading →

Wall to wall sunshine!  Quick coffee and croissant with Dot.  She related to me her experiences last night with her Nepalese family.  “They took me to that special mountain – it was amazing!”  I’m so glad she was able to do … Continue reading →

Lazy day….soooo hot, we didn’t feel like braving the crowds, traffic and heat of Rome today.  We enjoyed a nice coffee and croissant on the decking outside our bungalow and just chatted and updated stuff.  Before we knew it hunger pangs … Continue reading →

Dot and I had decided to lie in and just relax in the morning.  I took the opportunity of putting up a couple more blog posts as I have got so behind.  Around midday we took the shuttle bus into … Continue reading →