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Travel Blogs from Pietra Ligure
To have and to have not !
Settembre 7th to Settembre 13th 2012
After the traumas of hairpin bends, vertigo and potential divorce, things have settled down. I celebrated being with Signor e Signora for four years at the end of Agosto. For those who don't know, I am a rescued labrador, 7 years old. My first master took me to the RSPCA when he got his girlfriend pregnant and had to move into a flat. Don't shed any tears, for ...
Italy on the Med
... off the main road. We did need a shower and/or a swim and had to pay for the privilege. Soon we would be out of Italy and back into la belle France where, hopefully we would find cheaper aires?
Italy was not as frantic as we had imagined. There are clear signs of the impact of the current Euro crisis, not least the number of shops shut down and the increased costs in fuel. Tomorrow, back into more familiar territory, though the midi de la France may well have changed? ...
Ventimiglia
We set off from Montreux at 7h30 this morning and at 15h30 had had enough driving and stopped in Ventimiglia. Ventimiglia is just on the Italian side of the border with France. The novelty of driving in the campervans has well & truly worn off! A board meeting was held and it was unanimously agreed that we would ...
La dolce vita
... that we could have hired bicycles and ridden the whole way there, 27km along the beautiful coastline on a dedicated cycle track – needless to say, this was not a source of upset to anyone else on this holiday.
The province of Ligura has one or two foodie specialities, including olives and delicious fresh pesto, usually made from basil and sometimes other herbs, and best served with another local speciality, gnocchi. Lots of fresh fish too ...
Italian Riviera
... were all on the beach to greet us as we drove into town.
Looking from our Hotel down onto the beach,you are lucky to see a grain of sand.
With people,umbrellas and sun lounges spread along the beach, in your Hotels private area. Seems very funny coming from Australia,especially when they want you to pay?
In some areas if you want the front row closest to the water it will cost you 50 Euro,not for me........I must be a tight ar......,but Im prepared to walk a ...