Hotel Riviera
Travel Blogs from Finale Ligure
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We are back on the Italian Riviera, a camp site close to Imperia, east of San Remo. Much quieter than last time. The weather is hot and sunny, the Mediterranean warm but salty. Life's a *****!!! Signor e Signora spend much of the day as follows; coffee in bed, check emails, read The Times on line then up for breakfast - fresh fruit salad and orange juice. Signor completes the crossword then 11am ...
Italy on the Med
... Paul was right - a beautiful place with lots of ancient charm, and even better no traffic in the centre. More ice creams, more cathedrals and piazzas and a very gentle feel to the place.
We opted not to drop into Pisa, but drove on up the coastal autostrada through tunnel after tunnel until the sea came into view, along with, for the first time, rain clouds on the hill tops. Once off the autostrada and our first hefty toll fee we followed the coast to a supposed sosta ...
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
... with each dish and its constituent ingredients explained in detail by the waiter – it sounded kind of special – so we decided to head to our favourite bar in the marina (free canapes with aperitifs!!) and give them time to warm up. A mojito or so later, we returned to find the place hopping – and discovered that three women walking into an Italian restaurant without a man in sight is rather like a red flag to a hot blooded ...
Italian Riviera
... have the wrong country simcard in,I quickly answered yes...... in a very pleasant way!
Arriving back at the Hotel (alone),I thought I would ask the lady at reception to read the message on my phone from the telephone company,she replied that she doesnt know French,.................enough said (just between us, Wanda doesnt need to know).
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