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 […]
Posted in on Jun 3rd, 2023 Comments Off on Rapallo – May 29, 2023
It’s autostrada (superhighway) all the way to Genoa. And after we get out of the Milan metro area, the speed really picks up to 130 kph (81 mph) and the little Fiat 500L diesel doesn’t have any issues keeping up with the occasional BMW or Alpha Romeo Stelvio. I’m impressed. We’re actually on our way […]
Posted in on May 31st, 2023 Comments Off on Rapallo – May 29, 2023
A nice euro breakfast: coldcuts, cheese and Italians. Delivered to the room. A quick coffee and down to the street to look for a taxi. The taxi that brought us to this little hotel told us that there are two taxi stands just up the street at the piazza. We drag the bags out to […]
Posted in on May 30th, 2023 Comments Off on Milan, May 28, 2023
Soon enough (it’s really amazing how long 81/2 hours in economy seating and how short the same time is in business) we’re landing in Milan. It’s sunny and a nice 72° F at the airport and the fewer passengers make de-planing a lot faster than usual. The long hike to customs. Face recognition to compare […]
Posted in on May 30th, 2023 Comments Off on Newark, May 27, 2023
Uber shows up on time at 10:15 for the ride to the airport. We have a flight to Newark just before 1 PM. We’ve booked a flight on a French boutique airline, La Compagnie, that flies from Newark to Paris, Milan and Nice. It’s an all business class airline flying Airbus 321 Neo aircraft. They […]
