Blogs from La Spezia, Liguria, Italy, Europe

Bonjour à tous, Pour répondre à ceux qui se posent la question pourquoi l'étranger cette année, et pas la France, je répondrais que dans ma prime jeunesse (et elle est de plus en plus loin) j'étais représentant, que mon secteur c'était la France entière, que j'ai travaillé dans 94 départements pendant plus de 2 ans. Le 95ème c'était la Corse, et mon patron qui se la réservait. A propos j'ai retrouvé mon appareil photo, qui m'avais temps manqué l'an dernier, par manque de batterie, et que j'ai rachetées depuis. J'ai revendu l'autre M...acheté en Roumanie le prix que je l'avais payé. Je l'avais mis sur le bon coin en aout, zéro demande, et en novembre, alors que je l'avais oublié, 3 demandes dans la même semaine. Ce matin rendez-vous avec Denis à 10h, pour qu'il m'emmène ... read more

Hello my friends. I hope you are all well. Noel and I were lucky enough to stay in a lovely apartment only a 5 minute walk north of the main train station in Rome which was super handy for getting out and about in the city. If anyone wants a nice clean place to stay if they visit here, let me know and I'll send details. My only complaint was the lack of a kettle and toaster, which appears to be the norm in Europe. We had a wonderful sunny day in Rome on Saturday and ventured to Saint Peter's square and basilica and it was so gorgeous. We arrived an hour after opening and the security line was already about 200 metres long. Within 15 mins it had grown to 300 metres. It must be ... read more

We pack up and head out of Lerici knowing this is a place we want to return to and spend at least a couple of days enjoying the beach and exploring the castle. We decide to head to Cinque Terre, yet again not having an actual location or address to go to, we simply follow this crazy winding road with Jane the Waze Captain giving us instructions most of the time Anthony vehemently disagrees with "her" and continues to call her names. The roads are narrow, and steep, we miss a turn and disagree on whether to follow Jane as she recalculates or actually attempt a U-Turn in the middle of a mountain road that is at best 1 ½ lanes. Suffice it to say that we wait for a round-about as per Jane's instructions versus ... read more

Got up at 7am and I said to Mal and Lexie time to get up they said Nnnnooooo More Sleep... so I went back to bed... Mal got up at 8.30 and talked to Roberto while Lexie and I slept in, we woke at 9am and raced to get dressed, left Mal a note to say that we had gone to breakfast because he was still on the phone we raced down to La Muse but they were closed, Giancarlo came out and snuck us in for some tea and toast, donuts and croissant. We decided not to go on any excursions today because they were all to Florence and Pisa and we will visit them when we stay in Florence next week. Instead we thought we would wander through La Spezia, there was a free ... read more

Today we headed to the beach in the 5 lands. They are part of the UNESCO world heritage list. We had about 4 hours to explore the small town, and go for a swim/ hang out on the beach. We then travelled on a boat to get to La Spezia where we stayed the night. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling well, must have caught it from as she's just getting over her sickness so I went to bed early that night. It was a nice relaxing day, there wasn't any major sites we saw that day but it was a nice peaceful day.... read more