La Pace Pisa

... around got on another train and headed back to Pisa only to find that the information station was already closed. We are in a Hotel in Pisa for the night hoping that we will be able to find our painting in the morning and then head to Switzerland.  On ...

dragged myself up to the tower and didn't see much else in this town... my feet flaming like the pits of hell. Watched Walker Texas Ranger in Italian and understood pretty much all of ...

... Napels and we followed a winding clifftop road to our hotel in the picturesque town of Sorrento. We stayed at the lovely Grand Hotel La Pace. We unpacked and set off again for a nearby village, Positano, for some sightseeing, ice cream and YES a quick ...

...  couldn't be easier to get to. The dramatic Cinque Terre (meaning the five lands) is only a train ride away from Pisa or Genoa Airport, so access to this beautiful National Park region in north-west Italy is quite simple for the independent ...

... . A visiting choir was performing Panis Angelicus, among other selections, and it was all so ethereal… The Cathedral at Pisa After a pizza lunch we scampered through town for a few hours, investigating the University that Nicola’s going to ...

... . The ‘ever organised’ Mary made an itinerary of train departure and arrival times from Lucca to Pisa then back on at Pisa through to La Spezia and Cinque Terre which was very easy to follow …they caught the 10.42 train to La Spezia (via ...

... (and snacks) before Greg and Jacinta left to go back to their hotel. They were both quite excited as they had planned to go to Pisa and Cinque Terre tomorrow and were both looking forward to it 24/10 Monday Woke up early (for me) with Mark and Kerry up ...

First of all - it really is as beautiful as everyone says! We arrived around midday after a brief stop in Pisa, just to see the tower. Yes, the leaning tower is fascinating, but the area has been turned into such an unpleasant tourist trap that it was ...

... summers day … this is the life!!! We made our way past the Bastille and up ‘Rue de Rivoli’ at a pretty brisk pace as we wanted to be on time but how hard was it to keep walking in a straight line…every other store front was either ...

... to go on the AIFS excursion to Florence, Italy. We left by bus for Florence at 9AM, and arrived around 5 after a brief stop in Pisa to see the leaning tower and have lunch. After getting settled in our hotel, I met up with a couple of the girls (Des and ...

... full of sweat by the end of the day. Tomorrow off to La Spezia and then Cinque Terre on the coast of Italy. We're both looking forward to less crowds and a slower pace. And then gearing up for France, for some climbing. Ciao, for now. Aura and ...

... interesting impersonation of the haka! We have really enjoyed our stay here and the people are very friendly. Next stop is the hustle and bustle of Rome which will be a big change from the leisurely pace of Camucia - even our time here has gone ...

... the Internet--I spend more time online than I'd like to at home, so being on the go away from the computer is a nice change of pace. A lot of the things that frustrate me are just things that are going to take a little bit of getting used to.  I'm ...

... - with their olive skin, beautiful clothes, wonderful cuisine, verbal love of woman, inability to whisper and [often damn frustrating] unique pace to life. Oh how I missed it here. I lived on Via Guicciardini which is the street on the Oltra Arno ...

... some zany ideas about safety, including the mandatory carrying of reflective vests for every passenger (in case you breakdown and want to pace up and down the road) plus a chevron reflector if you carry bicycles on the back… all this for the paltry ...