Photos of our Fabulous Adventure Lois’ Photos 9.5km, 180m elevation Up at the usual time of 7am. So nice to finally be on this time zone! Walter and our bus are here promptly at 9am. A beautiful drive over narrow winding Tuscan roads up to Montalcino at 700m. Montalcino is […]
Up bright and early as our taxi will pick us up at 7:30am to take us to the Accademia to see the statue of David. The taxi is prompt and 3 of us take the first car. It was quite the ride, cutting through rush hour traffic, through a stop […]
We awoke refreshed and went down one floor to the breakfast room. And what a room – absolutely stunning. The ladies went their separate ways in groups of interest and eventually around 11am I wandered over to the Ponte Vecchio taking […]
It was very sad to leave Bonassola and the Hotel Delle Rose but we must 🙁 This time the bus company sent a shuttle to pick us up rather than wind the huge bus around the hairpin curves. Shortly after 9:00am we are on our way to the Pisa Airport. […]
Another good sleep and a beautiful morning! Breakfast on the 4th floor and an earlier departure of 9:00am to catch the 9:14am train to Riomaggiore. As we are soon to find out, Italian trains are not as punctual as the German or Swiss! The train arrived late and was packed. […]
Bongiorno! A full night’s sleep and I feel like a new person! Met everyone on the 4th floor for breakfast overlooking the beach and Mediterranean – a great way to start the day! Meet time was 10:00 am for both the ‘easier’ and ‘harder’ hikers. We met Trevor and Tony […]
With just 10 short days left before our exciting journey to Italy, final preparations have begun. Do I have the right clothing? What will the weather be like? Where is that adapter for my phone? Oh dear, do I really want to take a bathing suit? before we know it […]
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