Month: June 2018

Well, this morning we had one last attempt to get somewhere neat to Portofino but it wasn’t meant to be. We came to a low bridge which we just managed to fit under, but even on the other side the

Not the best day. Started with a fifteen minute circular tour of Lucca as we tried to get out with google maps on ‘walk’ instead of ‘drive’- fools! We’d got, we thought, a forty minute drive to Lerici, but ended

Called at Greve in Chianti this morning for a degustation- wasn’t really to our taste – maybe because we’d just brushed our teeth!!😂 Bought a box anyway! On to Florence. We parked up just outside with fab views over the

Siena – WOW!!!! What an amazing place – even more amazing was the fact that we found a place to park for free just 15 minutes walk from the centre. Stunned by the scallop shaped Campo. Guy went up the

A multi centre day today as it has been quite stormy with real torrential downpours at times. We caught the bus up to Orvieto this morning as the funicular wasn’t working. We got absolutely soaked but seeing the Duomo was

Two de-tours from the itinerary today which Guy had spotted whilst doing his extensive research during ‘tech hour’! 🤣 This place, Civita, wasn’t even in the rough guide but was astounding. Had to walk uphill and through a town first,

Woke up very early this morning to the sound of a helicopter. It was picking building stuff up nearby and delivering it bit by bit to the refuge on top of the mountain. Guy said it was just like an

Took our boys back to Ciampino airport this morning – wasn’t too bad saying goodbye this time as we’ve had a fantastic couple of days and we’ll see them again in three weeks. We carried on around the ring road

In the beginning, there was light. From the sky. Shining into our tent. At half 5. In the morning. This made quite the change to my normal leisurely 11 am get up, however a li’l pastry helped this no end.

Much loafing around and eating and drinking for Guy’s birthday. We eventually found ourselves up at the pool just in time for the animations. 🤣 It wasn’t particularly hot and when the sun went in, not even warm at times.