Don Pedro
Travel Blogs from Porto Ercole
Journeys end
Not far to travel this morning so a later start and an easy pace mostly downhill
towards orbetello with the odd climb thrown in for good measure. A quick stop
for coffee and onto the connecting causeway, it's a bit like a scruffy litter
strewn trip round the back of some old campsite in southport. I had expected a
great sea view …
Viterbo spas & Tarquinia Necropolis
... various levels of inebriation & debauchery. Also drove down to Tarquinia Lido for last look at the Mediterranean. Black pebbles, fenced off private areas with lounges & umbrellas, but all ver quiet as we were there during siesta time! Then on to drop car at Civitavecchia, the port for Rome - didn't want to have a car anywhere near Rome! Spent almost an hour trying to fill car before we dropped it. All the servos ...
Etruscan Exploration
The last day of our excursion led us up an extremely winding road that was slightly terrifying in our tour bus. However, Italian bus drivers are experts and we not only made it there safely but also did not run anyone over!
Pitigliano is a city that looks as if it sprung from the craggy mountaintops. It kind of did. According to our tour guide, ...
Abbronzatura in the Mediterranean
I'm going back in time a little bit. My weekend was so jam packed and I didn't have time to write about it due to my crazy classes.
Friday afternoon I embarked on a three day excursion to Maremma, a region of Tuscany that is located by the coast of the Mediterranean. The trip was organized by my program--SAI--and included in our tuition. So, not only was I able to escape for a weekend, but I'd already paid for it! Indirectly, of course.
Our first night was ...
Excursion en Toscane, 6 septembre 2012
Aujourd'hui, nous avons fait une excursion avec Walkabout tours à partir de la gare Santa Maria Novella de Florence.
Nous sommes arrivés au point d'embarquement vers 8h15 am et sommes partis vers 8h30 pour la Toscane. Nous étions environ 48 personnes dans l'autobus.
Le premier arrêt s'est fait dans la ville de Sienne. Nous avons posé pied sur la Piazza del Campo où a lieu deux fois par année la Palio ...