Hotel Touring Livorno

... and limited to pastry or pizza at 5pm, but I found Brasserie La Loggia near the station that had a full menu all day.
Walked in to order a pasta and was amazed and delighted that they also had a display case full of Belgian, German, Dutch and other quality beers.
Had a La Trappe with my bolognese. Even though it's made in the Netherlands it was still a good tripel.
Was ready to go after that but ...

... and cafes (and, of course, tourists posed t’ai chi-like so the photo they’re posing for suggests they’re either pushing the tower over or holding it up).

The cathedral was begun in 1064, and the baptistry in 1153. Both are built in Pisan-Romanesque style, with tiers of columns that diminish skywards. More interestingly, of course, is that darn Leaning Tower. The campanile (bell tower) for the cathedral ...

partie tot ce matin pour faire les 4.5 heures de train entre milan et pise, nous avons traverser plusieurs petit tunel. le paysage de la toscanne est beaucoup moins plat que ce que nous avons vue du nord-est de l'italie.

une fois nos bagage depose a l'auberge, on est partie vers la fameuse tour de pise. effectivemnt, elle ...

... as the place was so cramped and nothing else to do in town, but ended up having a good night both nights we were there.


Sunday did the walk between the 5 towns from Riomaggore to Monterosso. Took about 4.5 hours including thestops in each town to check them out.
The views out over the Ligurian Sea are stunning. Leaving one town and seeing the next far off in the distance, and sometimes a lot higher up in altitude, was really cool.

We are finally home and it is actually Nov. 20th. We finally got in last night around midnight and could not download anything for the last several days because WiFi is too advanced for the small town we were in. It was the most relaxing of all the ...

... be available to Canadians because our impossible liquor laws.

Next stop was San Gimignano – a small mediaeval village that at one time had over 70 towers. Why towers – well it was walled and as the population grew, space within the walls became scarce so, like elsewhere they built up. The locals call it Italy’s Manhattan – somewhat of an overstatement. It looked really good from a distance, once inside, it wasn’t much of ...

... but i would have had to mortgage a body part to afford one... welcome to zurich! where a locker costs more than a sandwich!) zurich is a beautiful city... i love how european cities look so different than toronto. like, they're way older and cooler and they make you feel so lame for not being european. i also love how there's an h&m on, literally, every corner. and not even with different stuff. like, hello! it's the same friggin store! and what ...

The port of Livorno Italy was our ship destination today. Its in part of the Italy known as Tuscany, which is known for its food. We traveled by bus to the town of Lucca, a city completely enclosed by walls. These walls were made to repel invaders and wild animals, but they had another consequence too. As in most old European cities, the streets were very narrow and scooters were the method of ...

So my bro, sis, and I didnt even make it to tuscany or livorno because all our friends from the ship knew it was christine and my last night on the ship so we got trashed and had a great time. We went to the piano bar where the later it gets the more ...

Travelling a small winding road we crossed th shoe to reach Livorno. After the colourful and private ambience of Tuscany we reached Livorno which turned out to be a rather dirty noisy and crowdy place. We learned upon arrival that a ferry was not going to leave that evening despite the official schedule and we had to find a place to sleep before leaving for Corsica.