Blogs from Marche, Italy, Europe - page 6

Made it to Ancona today, a short trip. It was pretty uneventful all the way. We found a hotel without much of a problem. Then we thought it might be a good plan to book the ferry to Patras so off we went to the ferry terminal. The booking office for Superfast Ferries was closed. After a thunderstorm and a revisit things turned out as I expected, not going to open until tomorrow morning. The ferry sails at 13.30 tomorrow so no big deal. It is a pleasantly warm evening. I've had my second ice cream of the day, and my 4th coffee. Time for a beer or four. And, today, we are posting from the ferry to Patras. More later...... read more

Well I went round the port today, and it gave every appearance of being completely deserted. Probably because it's Italian Liberation Day I think; this Irish truck driver I ran into in an Indian restaurant told me all about it, as well as many other things. He looked somewhat like my grandfather, with his nose and spectacles, but had none of his manner. He drives an eighteen wheeler around Greece, and he's in the Hell's Angels. If he is to be believed of course, but he would have gained nothing from me by lying that way. I'm now looking into staying in Corfu for a couple of nights between tomorrow and the thirtieth. Failing that I'll do day-trips to the surrounding coast. That's what I did today; just took the train to the next town over, ... read more

Italia Not quite the start of the real travelling but we've just spent 5 days in the Marches with Gus, Sarah, Gaz and Em. The village of Auditore was lovely. We got to see San Marino, San Leo and Urbino, which was all good. Spent most of the time stuffing our faces and drinking cheap village wine for €4 a litre! We've finally sorted out some plans and booked flights to Cape Town, so ignore the previous idea about Japan. We're saving that for March next year! We've also hired a car once we get to Cape Town, so the plan is to drive round S Africa, Botswana and Namibia for 2 months. It's our last day at work tomorrow for a year!... read more

Come nei ristoranti indiani, quando ancora stai mangiando e ti vogliono portare il conto, ti chiedono, finish? Ma stavolta abbiamo finito davvero e siamo stati vittima dello sbalzo cromatico più che del jet-lag (dovrebbero avverti anche su questo...ehehe), dai colori sgargianti dell'India alle tonalità grigie del nostro inverno. Quindi per aiutarci i prossimi giorni vestitevi con colori accesi e sorrisi smaglianti Abituati alle folle immense in ogni luogo, ieri l'aeroporto e la stazione di Roma ci sembravano posti deserti! Ma abbiamo anche riassaporato il piacere di poter lavare i denti con l'acqua del rubinetto e soprattutto la carta igienica ovunque!Incredibile....non ci sembrava vero, non ci ricordavamo! Nelle ultime 2 settimane siamo stati impegnati in spostamenti lunghi per tornare a Bombay e non abbiamo avuto tempo per scrivere, ma , come le grandi star...pubblichiamo da... read more

Sunday, Sara had to pack coz she will be leaving to Australia when I leave for Albania! But, I was a little dizzy still and my eyes start swelling for some stupid reason!! argh.... so, slacked the morning, went to her parents' house, she cooked some pasta and just hea till Mirko came. So, deicded to see Urbino, which accidentally was their University town! So, Mirko drove me there to look around..... haaa...the town was so dead........SOSOSO dead basically, we finished walking in less than an hour! haaa, It was very medieval ...went to the hill on the other side to haev a nice view of it......=) Then, headed back to town and went to the shopping street....where there is this cool bookstore that sold many artbooks.. They had CUTIE! SPRING! NON-NO! OMG and it cost ... read more