Hotel Costa Verde Livorno

... river! It was pretty cool. We discovered that this church was built in the 14th century to house a thorn from Christ’s crown. Kind of interesting.

Crossing the river at Ponte di Mezzo, we sluggishly walked onward to Piazza dei Miracoli, where Pisa’s massive cathedral, baptistry, and famous Leaning Tower all are. The piazza itself is one of the loveliest we’ve seen – sprawling green lawns, teeming with ...

... mais apres presque 900 ans, elle est toujours la. dans le meme espace, il y a la cathedrale et un autre batiment , tous ca, en marbre blanc. En dehors de cette attraction, pise possede encore une bonne partie de ces fortification. si non, c'est une ville etudiante, avec 3 universites,donc il y a quand meme pas mal de vie

... whatever we wanted from that room... This was at 3pm too, not like we arrived at some weird hour.
The "dorm" was just an apartment with 6 beds in 1 room, a kitchen and 4 beds in the room joined to the kitchen with no door between - check out the photos on facebook.
Glad we booked the cheaper 6 bed dorm and not the more expensive 4 bed!!!
Found out later that day they have another "dorm" downstairs with a 6 bed room and a double bed in ...

... and I had a wonderful 50th. Everyone sang to me in the small restaurant. Thank you everyone for following us and keeping us close with your wonderful comments. To sign off I will say that.....
"There is nowhere like Home".
Love Mick and Lisa

... for a few weeks whilst i went back to work
Belgium to pick up batteries from my dad as the originals were shagged
Luxembourg
Swizterland
Italy
Lake Maggiore (most expensive)
Cremona
Cecina Tuscany where we parked up again whilst i worked

... called Easy Pisa, was a short 3.5 hour tour that took us by guided motor coach from Livorno to the center of Pisa. On the way, Elsie noticed a group of cyclists, riding toward Livorno, seemingly enjoying the perfect conditions for a Sunday morning ride! In Pisa, we had time to visit the Field of Miracle which includes the Leaning (Bell)Tower, Duomo, Baptistery of Giovanni and Camposanto. Surrounding much of Pisa are ...

... all taken on another hairraising trip back to the ship where we stayed for the rest of the day. As I said, if only we had known to go further. Apparently Livorno has a bigger canal system than Venice. Not to worry, we didn't see it and it is too late now.
Rang Dee for her birthday from our cabin but she wasn't home. What a pity. Hope you had a great day Dee. Bye for now.

... last people i see, will i be okay with that? i should have gotten on that other bus. it might have saved my life." but she wasn't a murderer and she was, in fact, the port agent, and we did arrive at the hotel and everything seemed better in the morning light. i joined the ship on saturday morning, and it was the usual fiasco at the terminal. a chaotic mess of confused and sweaty americans, italian chauffeurs who don't speak a lick of english, chic european ...

Bonjourno Everyone! We had another great day in Italy. We walked around town for five hours and shopped, got to see a couple of great churches and old buildings. Had gelato again, can't get enough of it. Pretty calm fourth of July. Tonight is dress up night and the chocolate buffet. We also have a fourth of July party going on. Tuscany is really beautiful. Lots of sunflowers right now. Roma is great to visi, but Florence would be great to live in. Tomorrow we are on to France... PJML

... I wondered if it was the wrong season for it, the ice cave was closed until June after all. We trekked off down to get a closer look all the same, which involved a very slippery snowy slope (both the cable car and steps were closed because the cave was, much to my disgust.) that led us to a rocky ledge that ended in a tiny metal runged ladder disappearing over the side. There was no way Lena was going down there and I was sensible enough to know it ...