After the disaster of Venice, we were glad to get back to the sanctuary of Tuscany, or Toscana as it’s called in Italian. We checked back into our hotel and were allotted a different, less palatial room. It was only…
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Toscana
Venezia – what a shame, oh how disappointment
Whilst staying in our palatial hotel in Florence, we decided to do an overnight trip to Venice, just taking an overnight bag each and leaving our luggage at the hotel. Having been to Venice a couple of times already, I…
Vrrroooooomm!! Vespa riding in Tuscany
In our first five minutes in Firenze, Florence, in the crappy cheap hotel that had foam beds, we found a brochure for a day trip Vespa riding in Tuscany. We decided to do it! Zorba really wanted to ride at…
Firenze = Florence, it’s fantastical
Florence, Florence, oh how I’ve neglected you over these years… The last few trips I have made to Italia have not included Florence and I can’t remember why…It’s so close to Rome, less than two hours by train. Travelling with…
Our little Sicilian home
Driving from Siracusa to a holiday apartment in Calatabiano near Giardini Naxos was easy with the Tom Tom. The apartment, which the lovely Maria showed us around before leaving us to it, was a near-new construction and very well appointed…