Blogs from Lombardy, Italy, Europe - page 6

We arrived in Milan at about 9 am on June 8 and had a transfer to our hotel, Sina Hotel de la Ville, right in the center of Milan near the duomo (cathedral). There we met Paulo, our Overseas Adventure Travel trip leader and fellow traveler Pam from Florida. Paulo took us on a brief walking tour to get oriented, and then Wayne and I toured the duomo terraces (roof), interior, and museum. It is a must-see in Milan with over 100 spires and thousands of statues and gargoyles. The interior feels like a forest with its giant columns. Best of all, someone was playing the pipe organ, something that I had always wished for when visiting other cathedrals in France or England! Back at the hotel, we met the other people on our tour. We ... read more

Last entry from Italy!! We’ve taken it easy a bit here in Milan as Florence was quite full on. We are much further out. A 2k walk in to the Duomo which we did yesterday in extremely hot conditions, 28 - 29 degrees. The heat radiates off the pavements and buildings. At least with tall buildings there is always a shady side to the street. On our way we cross a beautiful park filled with people lying on the grass, children playing, and families having picnics or barbecues. No cafes. In a couple of areas there are fun activities for children’s to do, pedal cars and merry-go-rounds As well as the usual playground equipment. One piece we did see that we thought was brilliant - a huge blue bucket-like structure, actually like a cow’s udder, with ... read more

Une ville de plus au programme.... Que nous n'avions pas prévue non plus mais pourquoi pas... Ce fut une belle découverte que je vous invite à visiter sur Wikipedia .... https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brescia Des découvertes certes on en a faites car le Musée de la ville est une pure merveille.Nous avons à la fin du le faire un peu au pas de course car pour retourner au camping il ne fallait pas rater le train. Une navette étant prévue comme le matin pour gare-camping. C'est bien ici que j'ai dégusté mon fameux spaghettis au pesto de Pistaches....Vous en trouverez les photos. JJ préfère ne pas se lancer dans l'inconnu quand il s'agit de plats...il s'est donc contenté de spaghettis bolognaises... mais très bonnes aussi... Le camping était très chouette... un accueil un peu Club Med... un staff toujours ... read more

Our eager opening of the blinds this morning was met with cloud. Very low cloud which even prevented us seeing the nearby beginners runs. However, we decided that it was lighter than last time we had cloud so we set off up the mountain. After a couple of hundred metres we exited the immediate cloud to see the scenery opening up. However there was another layer of cloud above the height of the mountains. Our first run was on a favourite black run from the top of the central four man chair. We picked this one as the ski school were putting slalom markers on the hill but not closed it off yet. We enjoyed getting our ski legs working but the next time we went up the chairlift the run had been closed. We took ... read more

Ruth and I were awake before the alarm clock demanded our attention, keen to open the blinds and see if the sun had come or we were still in the middle of a cloud. Fortunately the mountains had reappeared so we went to breakfast looking forward to a sunny day. We followed our usual routine to get into the heart of the ski area. This involved walking across the road, catching the closest ski lift to our hotel, this takes us to the top of the nursery slope so we cut can across to the base of the nearest gondola where we get up to what we have termed mid-mountain as it seems to be in the middle of all the runs. We then took the chair lift up to allow us to follow a track ... read more