Vecchio Convento
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E.V.O.O. The nectar of the Gods.
... tell right away by the smell that it was going to taste.... different. It smelled like fresh cut grass. And how did it taste? You guessed it! Just like grass. Not my cup of tea- or should I say oil. What's funny is that they also gave us an oil to try that was considered "defective" by their standards. Guess what... that's the kind of olive oil we are so accustomed to tasting in the good 'ol U.S. ...
Pontassieve
Today we are moving on from our lovely Menaggio villa and its convenient location, that's has allowed us to do day trips into Switzerland. leaving behind the vistas of snow capped mountains, with Lake Como below and its tranquil shores dotted with little villages and their Italian life style. We have decided to catch an early morning ferry from Menaggio, across the lake to Verona on the east side, we have done this so that we can travel south down a side of the lake we have ...
Tuscany and Florence
Caught the high speed train between Rome and Florence where we checked into Hotel Capitol On first day had a private walking tour of Florence old city centre which gave us a good foundation for Florence and Tuscany area. Made a significant purchase today..... A pram! Significant because madam has picked up a cold and constantly wants to be carried so she loves her 'trolley' instead. ...
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Hello's,
The first chance we have had to stop and blog away.
Day 1 and 2 were in transit. As much fun as it seems to sit in the same place for 20 odd hours the travel did take it's toll on weiry parents and unsuspecting children.
Rome cured all jet lag and sleepiness.
The coluseum was huge. I mean really big, like WOW big. How the heck they got all theose massive stones up so high is beyond ...
Firenze, Florence
... to push it over. It was here we tried our first real Italian Gelato. Very Nice! It was also here that we got our first taste of pick pocketers. We nicknamed them johnnies and would start yelling johnny if one came near us. We came off scott free this time. Our 1st impression of Florence absolutely sucked. We had an absolutely disgusting dinner with mouldy fruit that we had to cut up ourselves for dessert. We called the dinner craptastic (thanks Blakey). The only ...
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