Posted in on Jun 24th, 2023 Comments Off on Alghero – June 7, 2023
We recover the car and head out for our first search for ruins in Sardinia. That shouldn’t be hard and there are literally thousands of ruins here from about 8,000 BCE forward. Just who and/or what is Sardinia? Here’s a quote from the Wiki article about the island, “Sardinia is the second-largest island in the […]
Posted in on Jun 22nd, 2023 Comments Off on Cagliari – June 6, 2023
We’re up at 4:00 AM, washed, brushed and packed. Down to the lobby at 4:25 AM. There’s no taxi but we’re early. I remind the night clerk that we have a taxi for 4:30. He checks the notebook. Calls the radio taxi company. Waits on hold for a minute or two. Calls again. Speaks to […]
Posted in on Jun 20th, 2023 Comments Off on Napoli – June 5, 2023
Breakfast in the hotel dining room and then check out. Pack the car and we’re off for a longish drive to Napoli. Back through the winding streets and onto the autostrada. We’re headed for Bomarzo to see the Sacro Bosco (“Sacred Grove”), also called Park of the Monsters. Bormarzo is about 150 kilometers southeast of […]
Posted in on Jun 19th, 2023 Comments Off on Siena – June 4, 2023
Siena – June 4, 2023 After a good night’s sleep, we off to downtown Siena. First we stop at the dining room for the breakfast buffet and then to the from desk to inquire about bus service to the old city. The woman at the desk takes our map and starts telling us and drawing […]
Posted in on Jun 18th, 2023 Comments Off on Siena – June 3, 2023
We pack up and leave the farmhouse B&B just as the owner arrives to clean up after us. We thank her and head off to San Gimignano to see the medieval city in the daylight. It’s about 9:00 AM and it’s a beautiful postcard day, almost cloudless. There’s plenty of parking at the parking lot […]
Posted in on Jun 16th, 2023 Comments Off on Pisa, Gimignano – June 2, 2023
Today were off to a small medieval town San Gimignano by way of Pisa. We’re up and ready to go but we have to wait until 8:30 AM for the rental office to open so that we can pay for the room and return the room key. We walk over to the rental office and […]
Posted in on Jun 15th, 2023 Comments Off on Cinque Terre – June 1, 2023
We decided last night that we would use the train to visit the towns in the Cinque Terre, The train gave us much better options for the day. The issue with using the boat is that the boat left at 9:00 AM and stopped at each of the towns and then followed a schedule for […]
Posted in on Jun 13th, 2023 Comments Off on Levanto – May 31,2023
We leave the yurt about 8:30 and knock on the main house door to say good bye to our host. She doesn’t answer and just are we walking away the door opens and she greets us a bit disheveled. Her daughter is ill and home in bed so everyone has slept in. We says our […]
Posted in on Jun 10th, 2023 Comments Off on Rapallo, May 29, 2023
A few times during the night the dog would come to the front door of the yurt and stand up to try to open the door by pushing down on the door handle. We finally had to lock the door so that she wouldn’t actually open the door and come in to jump on the […]
Posted in on Jun 6th, 2023 Comments Off on The Yurt – May 29, 2023
Leave the toll station and drive a few feet to the small roundabout with thee roads entering where only one should. Somehow this works with everyone showing some politeness and courtesy. Start heading for the toll station again but veer off to the right to miss the entry to the autostrada and head up a […]
