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Trip: UK, France, Italy & The Big Apple

There are [49] stories from my trip: UK, France, Italy & The Big Apple


Afternoon tea and the theatre

UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 30 Jul 2013 | Views [192]

Tuesday 30 July 2013   Today was our la dee da day in London!   Anne and I had afternoon tea at The Ritz Hotel.  Very very very nice and soooo much food.  We thought we were going to explode and could not eat everything ... Read more >


London calling...

UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 29 Jul 2013 | Views [213] | Comments [2]

Monday 29 July 2013   Arrived in London on Saturday and stayed at a nice hotel near Leicester Square.  Checked in to The Ritz Hotel (  http://www.theritzlondon.com/ ) yesterday and wandered around London before having a delicious ... Read more >


Photos: The Ritz

UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 28 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Florence & farewell to Italy

ITALY | Friday, 26 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery


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Florence & farewell to Italy!

ITALY | Friday, 26 Jul 2013 | Views [191]

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

ITALY | Thursday, 25 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery


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Vinci

ITALY | Thursday, 25 Jul 2013 | Views [194]

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 >


Lycra clad men & women

ITALY | Wednesday, 24 Jul 2013 | Views [336]

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...

ITALY | Wednesday, 24 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Lunch with Susie and San Baranto

ITALY | Tuesday, 23 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery


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Lunch with Susie

ITALY | Tuesday, 23 Jul 2013 | Views [164] | 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 >


Photos: Italian Cooking Class : San Baranto

ITALY | Monday, 22 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery


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Cooking class day! San Baranto.

ITALY | Monday, 22 Jul 2013 | Views [178]

Monday 22 July 2013 Today is our cooking class day!     We had the morning off to do whatever and then at midday we all headed back up to the ristorante we dined at the evening before.  After lunch we were introduced to ... Read more >


Photos: Lucca

ITALY | Sunday, 21 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery


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Lucca & Pisa

ITALY | Sunday, 21 Jul 2013 | Views [222]

Sunday 21 July 2013 Well our cultural experience of Tuscany continued today. We set off at 8.00am (Marcello our bus driver brought Mrs Marcello with him today) by bus to the town of Lucca. Lucca ( http://lucca.ca/index.html  ) is an ... Read more >


Photos: Florence

ITALY | Saturday, 20 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery


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Florence and Porciano

ITALY | Saturday, 20 Jul 2013 | Views [239]

Saturday 20 July 2013   Well it was an early start (0800 hours) for us all this morning.  Andrew had organised a coach to take us down to Florence for the day.  I didn't love the hairpin bends and curvy roads on the way down ... Read more >


San Baranto

ITALY | Friday, 19 Jul 2013 | Views [339]

Friday 19 July 2013   You will be glad to hear that my luggage turned up just as I was checking out of my Florence hotel.  What a relief that was!   Once I left the hotel I made my way to the railway station and met some ... Read more >


Florence and missing luggage...

ITALY | Thursday, 18 Jul 2013 | Views [244] | Comments [3]

Thursday 18 July 2013 Well I have arrived in Florence and now safely ensconced for the night at the Grand Hotel Villa Medici ( http://www.lhw.com/hotel/Grand-Hotel-Villa-Medici-Florence-Italy ) before heading up to the hills of Tuscany tomorrow.... Read more >


Photos: Lake District 17 July 2013

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 17 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery


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