Ac 10 Hotel Livorno

I have resolved to try and keep this blog more up-to-date.
So much has happened since late July that i wont even start writing it down, but to summarise our drive as follows:
Arcachon
Bordeaux
Flo rac (Ardeche)
Montpellier where the family ...

Buon Giorno! This morning we arrived in Italy! Livorno to be exact! Italy's third largest seaport. The port city for Pisa, Florence and the Tuscan region! Our tour of choice - Pisa! Gotta see "The Field of Miracles"!

The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply The Tower of Pisa (La Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It is situated behind the cathedral ...

... we got a few hours of sun before more thunderstorms came. The next morning it POURED with rain..so heavy it wasnt funny. It stopped it the afternoon and we drove round the island. Everything was being whipped by the wind and the gorgeous turquoise beaches you see on the postcards were being churned up... great. Next day was lovely and we got to go the beach, but had to contend with ...

... it that) to Pisa. The taxi driver wouldn't be able to drive if his car didn't have a horn. They are lunatics and pull out to pass when we were sure he couldn't make (but he did). We got to Pisa safe and almost sound. I didn't realize how big it was. Everything around the Leaning Tower in the Field of Miracles is so beautiful and old,old,old. It is hard to imagine if you ...

Non ero mai stato all'Isola d'Elba.
Di solito sceglievo altre mete del Mediterraneo (Grecia, Tunisia, Marocco, Spagna, Sicilia, Sardegna, ecc.) perchè pensavo fosse poco "calda" e poco "mediterranea".
Invece è stata una bellissima sorpresa.

Se devo dare un voto alle spieaggie che ho visto:
Biadola 10, Cavoli 10, Procchio 9, Lacona 7
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... ask a man.) he actually took my cart of luggage and walked me to this giant sign that said MEETING POINT just outside the arrivals gate - like, it was a really huge sign and there were arrows pointing downwards and a bunch of crew members waiting below it and everything... i felt really stupid when i saw it. could you imagine if i had gotten on that other shuttle bus? like, where would i have ended up? i don't know and i'm glad i didn't find out. the port ...

Avant de travailler sur le périple oenologique sur lequel nous ne pourrons faire l'impasse cette année, Voici un rappel de notre balade du 5 mai 2008 jusqu'à Massa Maritima en passant par Sticciano, Roccastrada, Sassofortino, Rocatederighi, Tatti et Bellavista

Wednesday 10 December Between Corsica and Elba N 42° 58.5' E 10° 01.6' Off Tellaro N 43° 59.2' E 09° 51.3' A dull grey day to start, but not cold (16°C) so I walked, with my waterproof jacket handy but unneeded. Shortly after that, we passed the island of Montecristo to port, so I gave the 3rd officer a synopsis of the ...

... that was built by the Romans some 400 years before Christ. You can still see the outlines of the arches on the walls and walk inside to where the gladiators fought. After leaving the town of Lucca, we traveled to Pisa, where we saw the tower of Pisa. The whole area is called the Plaza of Miracles, with the Tower, a church and a place for baptisms. The tower really leans, and they are ...

... but worth it to continue on, saw a glacier that seemed so close but was still so far as we couldn't see a feasible route across to it. I was absolutely delighted with myself (a few months back I was beginning to think I'd never be able to do stuff like this again because of my foot injury-which still hurts but not enough to stop me now, just slow me down a touch). Was so bizarre stopping for a picnic up there enjoying the heat from the sun, gazing at the ...