Le Grotte de Saraceni Teramo

... at markets etc, coffee, ice cream
12-1am home, sleep

Which this may seem ideal and relaxing...but after a while gets a little boring. So for 2 days (1 night) Alda and I jumped on a bus and headed for Rome. Firstly...don't ever try and see Rome is 2 days (or less) you will not succeed. But I guess it just gives me incentive to go back. We still had a great time, and I ate the most delicious pasta with scampi e pomodori fresca (prawns and fresh tomatoes) and ...

My stay in San Severino Marche was recommended by MarcheRustico a tourist marketing and real estate agency that organise accommodations, wine tasting tours, and cookery courses,

Developed over the centuries in 2 distinct parts the city of San Severino Marche is a wonderful example of peasant and urban life. The well tended countryside of vineyards, olive groves, wheat, barley and sunflowers ...

We found San Stefano because we were having difficulty finding somewhere to stay – everything seemed closed and there were military tents dotted around the countryside. We finally asked an old guy and he said we could park up outside his house. The lovely old guy and his cats and dogs are in the photos. He explained to us that everything was closed because they were on EARTHQUAKE ALERT. We had ...

... visited an old palace replete with some impressive paintings, including a Reubens, and a stunning, wood-lined library containing mainly old medical books. The library is reknown for its huge globe which was actually built inside the room due to its size (the dimensions were too large to get it through the door or windows) and has remained there ever since. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed ...

... si cartile se gasesc in biblioteca spre a fi consultate. Nu stiu de ce aproape toate cursurile alese de mine fac parte din exceptie...Nu stiu de ce studentii prefera sa cumpere acele carti (si cartile cerute pana acu costa 18 euro, 23 de euro si chiar 47 de euro!!) in loc sa vorbeasca cu profesorul si sa remedieze aceasta situatie. Eu, straina fiind, n-o sa fac asta. Dar daca se pot face imprumuri interbibliotecare, o sa apelez la ele, chit ca tre sa platesc ...

... raspunde la telefon... Ei bine, la telefon mi s-a raspuns cu greu duminica pe la pranz si mi s-a spus ca vizitele au loc doar in timpul saptamanii si ca trebuie sa sun la secretariat pana in 14.00 ca sa-mi fac rezervare. Azi, pe la 13.20 sunam. Mi s-a raspuns si am avut parte de urmatorul dialog: - Buna ziua, as dori sa fac 4 rezervari pentru maine seara. - Pentru maine seara nu se poate. - De ce? - Observatorul se viziteaza doar o ...

... Sasso. We can only rave about it! Every 5 minutes we had to stop the car to take more photos. The views and scenery were quite breathtaking. We drove up, down and around the mountains, through some gorgeous old towns and to a very large lake. This area is just over two hours, by car, from Rome and well worth the visit. Bye for now, C, J & E :)

Am ajuns acasa si fetele mi-au spus ca m-a cautat vecinul. Ma duc, sun la usa .... imi raspunde neasteptat de repede. [I've been ..expecting you!] Imi spune ca a gasit una asemanatoare dar la 140 de euro. Cand aud...ori glicemia ori tensiunea imi scade brusc. Omu ma linisteste, imi spune ca nu trebuie sa dau atatia bani, dar umbrela are maner din os, bat din lemn de cires, material de nu stiu care. Imi spune firma, cica pot cauta pe internet. Acum eu ...

... cred! - Ba da, o sa te plictisesti! - Nu cred ca o sa ma plictisesc! - Ba da.. - Nu cred! M-a enervat la faza asta- de cand iti spun ceilalti oameni cum o sa te simti? Si de cand o spun atat de siguri pe ei, deparca nu ar fi alta cale? De plictisit tepoti plictisi oriunde; depinde si de tine daca vrei sa te plictisesti sau nu. Am mai adaugat o poveste de spus nepotilor: un dialog comico -absurd! In rest, m-a sfatuit sa merg la cursurile de ...

Ieri m-am plimbat cu autobuzul! Mare parte din zi. Am observat ca aici trebuie sa apesi pe butonul rosu pe care scrie Stop ca sa cobori la urmatoarea statie. Apesi, se aude un tarait, se aprinde un ecran pe care scrie "Fermata prenotata" si ei chiar opresc in urmatoarea statie. Daca statia e goala si nu ai apasat, patesti cum am patit eu, adica o ia iar in sus pe deal, apoi in jos pe deal, iar ajungi in Piazza ...