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Italy 2013

The Day of Five Stops (not Cinque Terre)

The Day of Five Stops (not Cinque Terre)

Some days that you plan as just getting from A to B turn out to be something quite different, don’t they? Relocating from Florence to Fontanabuona (which is where we are staying to go to Chinque Terre) was on the table today. Just to relieve […]

Pizza? I know a great little place: Montalcino

Pizza? I know a great little place: Montalcino

If you happen to drive from Rome to Florence, tell your GPS to avoid the toll roads. Not because you are a cheap old man like myself, but just for the fun of it. The time is same, but chances are you will end up […]

Breakfast in Pompeii

Breakfast in Pompeii

The early morning drive from Rome to Naples and further on to Pompeii was swift and pleasant as far as the highway journeys in a fast car go. The little town drowning in souvenir merchandise greeted us happily and beckoned us into a parking lot, […]

Rome, the eternal city

Rome, the eternal city

In a nutshell? Well, if you insist: run away. Just as quickly as you can, as your favorite means of transportation would carry you, run the heck away from here. Yes, I know, Coliseum, Forro Romano, this, that and the Trevi fountain: come back when the tour agencies are all bankrupt and gone off the face of the planet together with the cheerful crowds that they pump through their pipes of joy.

Marina di Ravenna

Marina di Ravenna

Beach, Adriatic sea. Do nothing. Read book. Eat. Sweat. Sleep. Move less. Fantastic day!

Faenza

Faenza

Let us be honest, places like Faenza are not on the maps of the big tourist agencies. Frankly, I hope it stays this way: as soon as the first parking for tour buses is built, that’s it, the place is doomed. Faenza is one of […]

First time in Venice

First time in Venice

Always, when we are going to a city for the first time, we leave the idea of covering any major attractions, at least not on the first day. Just wondering about more or less aimlessly, stopping here and there for ice creams or coffee or, […]

Stopover: Lake Garda

Stopover: Lake Garda

Really rushing through this colorful region, with literally no time to stop and look around, we did pull over on a little terrace between two tunnels and walked several steps up a narrow road where two or three bypassers wished us “bon apetit” as we […]