Blogs from Sanremo, Liguria, Italy, Europe - page 2

Tuesday 22nd March 2011 Leaving France for Italy and a wonderful drive along the Riviera along the promenade at Nice, over the corniche to Monaco crossing into Italy at Ventimiglia and on to San Remo. Wednesday 23rd March 2011 Glorious day with fine sunny weather and a free BBQ laid on by the campsite. Four courses, inc wine and lemon liqueur for all guests – excellent ! The boys got in some catapult practice and fishing and later we made lemonade from fresh local lemons. Thursday 24th March 2011 After a morning of schoolwork we walked along the dedicated walking/cycle path into San Remo to the old port where we discovered a wine festival and the annual flower festival were planned for the weekend. Friday 25th March 2011 Having spotted four seater bikes were available the ... read more

Friday 1st October 2010 Rain in the air and time to move along the coast taking the motorway through the mountainous terrain to Sanremo ( the city of flowers ) on the section of the Riviera the Italians call the Riviera dei Fiori. The site here is by the sea and with lots of facilities including a pool, Jacuzzi, sun terrace, small private beach, table tennis and free wifi. As the forecast for the following week is good we book in for 7 nights at a discounted rate. As an added bonus we discover that there is a good supermarket 100m away and the local bus passes right outside - sorted. Saturday 2nd October 2010 A chill out day making use of the site facilities and the boys improving their ping pong technique Sunday 3rd October ... read more

Week 1 - San Remo, Liguria Week 1 of my summer working for ACLE summer camps in Italy flew by. Orientation week took place in the beautiful seaside town of San Remo, near the French border. Arriving into San Remo we (myself and four Kiwis I met in Nice also working for ACLE) were greeted by the unnaturally enthusiastic and energetic returning tutors. The returning tutors all have past experience working with ACLE and possess the inhuman ability to recognise and greet us all by name from the passport photos we had sent with our application. As well as this they have inexhaustible levels of energy and a permanent smile engraved on their faces. I think ACLE has a secret lair somewhere where they genetically engineer these superhumans. The week was spent getting to know the ... read more

So the first two weeks back at work have passed. It has a much calmer rehearsal period then last years. We have three new actors: Sophie, Xander and Eughen. The first week Xander was still on tour doing a panto, so Team Brilliant (now Me, Helen, Sophie, and Eughen) rehearsed most of our shows. Xander arrived on the first Sunday back and the next week was mostly spent rehearsing the new team awesome (Xander, Vic, and Laura) and letting team Brilliant rehearse the shows for the first week out as three’s because all my escaping long workshops finally caught up with me. The first week back on tour, I will not be with Team Brilliant but in Villarbasse teaching two classes of 13 and 14 year olds. It’s not too bad, I start on Wednesday but ... read more

As happy as we all were to be back together, the week has been a rough one. Jack’s foot which we were until Monday morning we thought was sprained was in fact broken and he returned to us with a HUGE plaster cast. Several company members took turns with a vicious stomach bug. With all the drama we still had to crunch to work out the last couple shows and get them on tape for archives. It was a long week and Team Awesome found out that due to the school strikes in Italy, bookings were WAY down and we would be spending the next week in San Remo as well, full pay but with nothing to do. By now a little of the novelty of being in Italy and touring is wearing away, some company ... read more