JohnLyn

Sunday morning up bright and early to depart the lovely apartment we were staying in at Costa del Sol to go to the airport to fly to Seoul at lunchtime. Thank you so much Julie & Roddy from Scotland – we loved it. We arrived at the airport far too early – check in wasn’t for almost 2 hours!! Could have stayed in bed longer… was pretty tired. Then, the plane to Rome from Malaga was delayed for about an hour and a half. Ugghhhh. When we arrived in Rome we had a few hours stopover so that was Sunday and arrived in Seoul on Monday at 3.30pm. As we got off the plane and onto the bus to take us to the terminal we noticed that one of the passengers had a dog with him! ... read more

Hola everyone, Well yes we’re still here in Costa del Sol and feeling like locals now – people are recognising us… must be time to move on.. Saturday night we left early for Mijas, a town up in the hills, to have an early dinner before we went to a show in the local auditorium. We also wanted to get there to get a car park and check out where the auditorium was as we hadn’t seen it on previous visits. We arrived there about 6pm – just to find that all the restaurants were closed until 7.30pm! However, we were able to have a drink while waiting so it wasn’t a totally lost cause and obviously a good time for weddings in the park nearby as there were two while we were there. We have ... read more

Hola everyone! A few things we have noticed on this trip in Europe is that dogs are allowed in shops, restaurants and buses. Some girls copy the Paris Hilton's of this world and carry their small dogs under one arm..... We're really getting the hang of an afternoon siesta after a great lunch and some wine - finding it very easy to do.. On Monday we did some stuff around the house, had lunch and pretty much relaxed at home during the day. Yesterday we decided to go to the Rock of Gibraltar and check out one of the golf courses we'd been advised to go, thought we might go there for lunch. Well, we travelled for ages and could see the Rock in the distance and followed signs, as it turned out - the wrong ... read more

Bongiorno, We have wandered around Florence and have seen all the medieval attractions and the magnificent shops too.... We found the market at St Lorenzo and it's truly amazing much better than ours in Australia - almost matches the one in Barcelona. It is very well set out and upstairs there is restaurants and bottle shops and butcheries etc - it's an amazing place to visit - so many choices. One thing we can't understand is the almost obsession about Nutella - they have it with ice cream, gelato, on crepes (lots of creperies in Paris) and on almost anything. I understand there is the standard one and a chocolate one - haven't been game enough to try it though. There is even a recipe book on all things Nutella! We had lunch and went on ... read more

Bon giorno! Left Paris on a cool morning and got on our train - great seats and very comfortable. We spent about 5 hours on the first train to Torino - didn't feel that long at all - lots of great scenery to look at, chat and reading etc. However, when the conductor came around to check the tickets, one guy apparently boarded the train without a ticket. He refused to move and there was a scuffle between the two of them. People nearby scattered and were yelling at this guy.... in either French or Italian. At the next stop the conductor told him to get off and he absolutely refused to. Down the track, some casually dressed but armed police came on board - about 6 of them and tried to talk to this guy ... read more