Marinetta Hotel Marina Di Bibbona Livorno

... trees lined the road ahead and at the top of the next hill stood another walled town with thick town towers like a castle. Vilmo pointed to this place and said this was his town called Monticciello. We drove up to the front arch next to construction fencing. He told me that the restaurant just inside the entrance sold his products. This town is known for their big theater performance put on every summer, Vilmo said, and some of his wwoofers performed ...

We arrived from Lucca just in time for a sublime sunset... it was like the sky was on fire!! See photos!!
I was a bit pooped so I opted to stay in the scoobs reading and relaxing while Kim headed into the village to scope it out.
Next morning started with a beautiful sunrise which was quickly replaced by some storm clouds. Fortunatly the storm passed over without parting with a drop of rain and we had sun again when we both headed ...

Today was our first day of more or less unplanned adventure. The cities we've traveled to all had must-see sites that we felt we couldn't miss, but Tuscany is a vast region to be explored in a road trip, surprise-me-at-every-turn kind of way. We had breakfast in front of a roaring fire in a lovely little cafe style room at the B&B. After filling up on cereal, yogurt, croissants and more delicious coffee (steamed milk again!!), we hit the road [making sure the ...

... how rich they were, so the cathedral here is the most ornate church I think I’ve ever seen. Every single part of the front façade was covered in statues and carvings. And they used white and black marble for the walls to give it a striped effect. And in the floor inside, they’ve got stone murals inset into the floor of bible scenes and zodiac symbols and other pagan symbols. Appaerently ...

... 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 ...

... famous artist's colony. Artists such as Picasso, Modigliani and Soutine paid for their dinners at a local restaurant with paintings. Now that restaurant is fancy and expensive and does not like tourists coming in just to look "at all" as our guide said. So we just have to imagine them.

St. Paul de Vence is a fortified town on top of a mountain, very picturesque. The walls are amazingly intact and the streets are tiny, cobbled, and very ...

... that I found. So after a while of hanging out and enjoying the shores of Italy, we headed back to the train station...then we realized the last train was pretty soon and we needed to get back fast! haha we didnt really want to sleep on the street that night. We stopped at a tabachi store (tobacco store but here is where you get bus tickets) and Jeff went to town with his Italian. So we got our tickets, no problemo. We got on a bus and caught the train. Now we were off to Pisa!

... of course reinforcements have taken place over the years) because honestly who would go to Pisa to see the "Tower of Pisa". The "Leaning Tower of Pisa" is the tourist draw. Though once there I really enjoyed wandering the streets of the town and opted to not go to Florence this cruise. I worked today at 2 PM in the Kids Club, so I couldn't be late. Lazily wandering through the streets I saw interesting architecture, I came upon the local University of Pisa and ...