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When in Rome, Venice, Florence, etc...
... walk, relax and enjoy the sunshine.
Re food: see above.
Finally the Cinque Terre.When I'd visited this beautiful place 10 years ago with Mum, we'd been very sorry that we weren't able to actually stay in one of the villages themselves. This time, I was determined to do it right and booked a cute b'n'b right on the harbour of Riomaggiore. Best decision ever. We loved sitting in the window and watching life go on around us - the nonnas hanging out their washing, ...
382 steps up - worth the climb?
... few steps further lands you in the main square, from where you can pretty much see the whole town. Not much in the way of shops or restaurants, and a few signs for accommodation so if you decided to stay I could see it being very quiet.
Also being 400 steps from the sea would make a quick dip out of the question.
Returned to the station via the 382 steps on the sign. Probably a quicker route than via the road, and with a continuous view of the great ...
Floats and Faces
... said his grandmother’s friend, who was grateful to the liberators apparently was surprised when she found herself pregnant. Her response “I never looked at his eyes. I kept my eyes closed the whole time.” On reflection it was the children of mixed heritage that was the scandal, as he carefully noted all the different forces that had made up the liberators.
Randy and I climbed to the top of the ...
Cinque Terra in La Spezia
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Tooling Thru Tuscany to the Italian Riviera Sun
... visit 1); Oct 6 - Florence visit 2: sunny, warm; Oct 7 - Italian Riveria: gosh darn hot! Sunny! 25 degrees!
Oct 3-7/10
Villa Rubbiano, Montaione in Tuscany – The laundry may never dry, the sunflowers are brown sticks in the fields, and the local grape harvesters will be grumbling & probably swearing in Italian today. Hmmmph. Diane Lane didn't have to put up with this stuff. Pouring rain translates ...


