B&B al 211 Modena

The staff at Villa Moorings was so helpful and pleasant during our stay--from arranging transportation to suggesting restaurants...they even made arrangements for me when an unexpected medical need arose.
The B&B was beautiful, clean and quiet, the view from our room was great, and the breakfast was excellent!
The customer service and hospitality were greatly appreciated--and a welcome change from other experiences we had while in Italy...

Tuscan Hills

The drive from Venice to Tuscany was eventful (as always). First we wanted to see the Adriatic Sea.. We knew we were near the coast but finding a road which led to the sea was not so easy… even our sat nav lady Shirley couldn’t seem to find the sea… all we wanted was enough sea to put the feet in and say we had been to the Adriatic Sea… please note wet feet in venice the day before could not be counted as Adriatic Sea ...

... its citizens attend the ceremony; many from neighboring towns' citizens attended as well.

A group of women formed a small choir and sang songs during parts of the ceremony and they sounded great with the reverberations in the relatively small chapel.

The archbishop blessed the chapel with holy water and, of course there were numerous speeches. Joanne explained how she came, on behalf of ...

... 8217;s beautiful and interesting. The cobbled streets are quite narrow and the people were generally very friendly and laid-back. We strolled around the Military Academy and found a beautiful park where we hung out for quite awhile, watching people and enjoying the landscaping.

Lunch at Danilo was also very good. Joanne had tortellini but it looked like raviolis to me. I tasted it and it was great! I ...

... building holds the retired F1 single seaters. Dawn counted 50 in all. These are as new as 2007, as the 2008's have not been released to the public yet. some privately owned and some for sale. Minimum price for one of these retired F1 machines, 1 Million Euro. Ok...

This was truly a dream come true for me and I want to thank Dawn for letting me experience something like this in the middle of our honeymoon.

... lady at school, you know the one, every school has one. It was great to sit in a little Piazza on a bench eating my lunch € 2.80 for 2 whopping great slices of heavy on the mozzarella pizza. It's not like anything we get in England, it's a very light, fluffy bread base, a bit like fried bread on the bottom but not as greasy and heaps of topping. It seems to be the norm to have 2 slices which they then sandwich, faces together and serve ...

... the water was comparable to Florida or Cancun. It was however a little chilly. Natalie got in for a minute, but I took a nap under an umbrella. It was fabulous! Tonight we are taking a train into La Spezia, a bigger town about 10 min away from here to get some information about our trains to Switzerland tomorrow. We are planning to head out early in the morning if we can, so we can find our hotel in Switzerland before it ...

... introduction in a presentation room was the component processing area. Here in a very new and spacious building the employees were producing crank shafts, cylinder heads and cylinder blocks, with the factory floor also home to a dazzling collection of classic Ferrari models from various eras – intended to be an inspiration to the workers of the finished masterpieces they are each playing a part in creating.

After then passing through the paint ...

... cotta roofs. Unfortunalty me and Leah did not get to go to the Uffizi Gallery and see any of Boticelli's works. Cinque Terre might be the most beautiful place on Earth but I cannot be sure of this as I have not traveled all over the world yet. It is on the North Western coast of Italy and consists of five little cities that are all connected ...

June 10, 2002

Back on the bus! This time to Italy!! We went to Pisa (and had pizza for lunch!) We saw the tower, of course, and the church. Got to shop in the souvenir shops and sit for awhile in the sun. Very peaceful day. I can tell I'm getting tired, because the travel journal entries are shorter and shorter!




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