ITALY | Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 | Views [393]
Tuesday
6 th October
Reggio
Calabria
The
Italian train system continues to challenge and entertain. Arriving
at the Napoli Statzione Centrale with plenty of time to spare we
noticed ... Read more >
ITALY | Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 | Views [434]
Monday
5 th October
Pompeii
A
very relaxing start with a 9:00am wake up followed by a lovely
breakfast with gorgeous waiters. This may be a dirty town, but the
men are handsome! ... Read more >
ITALY | Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 | Views [1413]
Sunday
4 th October
Napoli
Travelling
on the Italian rail system is certainly interesting. We booked our
ticket from Florence to Naples a few days ago and thought nothing of
it.... Read more >
ITALY | Sunday, 4 Oct 2009 | Views [421] | Comments [1]
Saturday
3 rd December
A
little slower this morning after both of us are suffering slightly
from the night before. (Damn that Italian beer and those cocktails
on the balcony).
We
visited the ... Read more >
ITALY | Sunday, 4 Oct 2009 | Views [446]
Friday
2 nd October
Florence
Breakfast
in the monastery was very good. We should mention that this is a
three (European) star monastery that sends around the bell boy when
you ... Read more >
ITALY | Sunday, 4 Oct 2009 | Views [570]
Thursday
1 st October
Firenza
On
arrival in Florence, we headed to our hotel recommended, again, by
Andy in Berlin; the Hotel Morandi alla Crocetta. This beautiful old
building ... Read more >
ITALY | Sunday, 4 Oct 2009 | Views [454] | Comments [2]
Wednesday
31 st September
Venice
Some
days can just go from bad to worse. During our visit to the
Archaeological Museum off St Marks Square, Nic noticed a very
interesting ... Read more >
ITALY | Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009 | Views [318]
Tuesday
30 th October
Murano
Murano
is known as the glass capitol of the world and today we discovered
why. We caught the canal bus from the main island to Murano and then
walked ... Read more >
ITALY | Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009 | Views [361]
Venice
Monday
29 th September
Venice
gets six million visitors per year. We think that five and a half
million were in St Marks Square when we arrived at 9:00am this
morning. ... Read more >
CROATIA | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [635] | Comments [2]
Sunday
28 th September
Dubrovnik
As
we travelled on our bus from the port to the old city we spoke to a
lovely Australian couple, Thelma and Rob, who had been here before.
We ... Read more >
GREECE | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [455]
Saturday
26 th September
Argostoli
Well
we didn't expect this! Rain in the Greek islands!
We
awoke to rain on our balcony and decided that we had made the ... Read more >
GREECE | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [593]
Friday
25 th September
Piraeus/Athens
Piraeus
is not a particularly pretty port, then again, Athens is not a
particularly pretty city. But the Acropolis is fairly outstanding.... Read more >
GREECE | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [416]
Thursday
24 th September
Rhodes
At
sunrise we were able to see the coast of Rhodes Island. On the other
side of the boat we can see the Turkish coast only 12 kms away. We
chose ... Read more >
GREECE | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [503]
Wednesday
23 rd September
Somewhere
in the Aegean Sea
We're
heading from the Italian to the Grecian coast today. We passed
through the Canal of Ithica and then traveled through ... Read more >
ITALY | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [327]
Tuesday
22 nd September
Bari
We
decided that today would be our chill day on the boat. Booked into
the spa for a 45 minute Thai massage and spent some time in the
sauna, a ... Read more >
ITALY | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [360]
Venicia
Early
start to get the train to Milano and then onto Venizia. All went well
until about 30 minutes from Milano when the train stopped. Evidently
there was a train crash near Milano ... Read more >
ITALY | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [303]
Sunday
20 th September
Portofino
Sergio
planned that we would visit Portofino today. After the big night out
we all slept late and finally got on the road at midday.
... Read more >
ITALY | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [266]
Saturday
19 th September
Genova
Six
thirty am is a seriously ugly time to wake up , but we have to be on
our way again. Presently we're on the express train from Zürich
to ... Read more >
SWITZERLAND | Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009 | Views [745]
Friday
18 th September
Zürich
This
morning we awoke early to ready ourselves for the adventure ahead ...
only we didn't quite know what or where that was. Norbert and Gerd
have ... Read more >
GERMANY | Friday, 18 Sep 2009 | Views [411]
Thursday 18 th September Eislengen A day of rest. Norbert at work. Nic and Gerd at the Mercedes Museum. Jim uploading and washing. Our last night tonight with Norbert an Gerd and two friends for dinner.
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