Blogs from Sicily, Italy, Europe - page 59

OK - This is a long one - but worth the read and check out the photos. Off we go for our Italian adventure, Mimi, finbar and myself. Arrive in Pisa at some ungodly hour with no accommodation to be found, as we find over the next week, taking Finbar with us was a wise decision with his accommodation hunting being gold. Good nights sleep and off to Cinque Terre where we spent the next 5 days exploring the 5 villages cut into the cliff faces. Our hostel was amazingly positioned at the very top of one of the villages Montrose, surrounded by terraced lemon orchids, church bells and views that you swear were digitally enhanced. We also shot up to Portafino and Portavenza for a couple of day trips. Portafino was wonderful and the ... read more

Why did we choose Sicily? It was actually because the flights were really cheap so we thought "why not?". We had read about the place just before booking the tickets and it sounded really nice, but after that we didn't worry at all, so a month later when we landed in Palermo we didn't really know where to go - we forgot our travel guide at home (very smart!). We got ripped off by a taxi driver who charged us 50 Euros to take us to the hotel (it should have cost 30 Euros) and the hotel was only 5 min from the airport as it was stated on the website. Needless to say we were feeling a bit annoyed on our first morning (mainly Axe). We went back to the airport to rent a ... read more

but just came back from a day in siena. it was FREEZING. actually everywhere now is freezing. florence is way colder than when we left yesterday. we catch the overnight train to paris tonight which im sure is really cold also. had great food of course. everywhere here has great food. ... read more

Gabriel was pissed off that morning. Indeed. The boss was in a rotten mood, and the morning messages at the office did not raise the latter’s spirits. That damn favourite planet of his, the same he spent so much energies and hopes for the future on, even one of his own kids, was a fatiguing and not at all rewarding effort. Just an endless cry of complaints and little common sense. He ended up summoning His own private rainman, Count Negroni, who prescribed a biblical treat of the deadly concoction bearing the same name, and now God was hangover and prone to disaster. ‘Gabriel!!!’ the supreme had called ‘The measure is full. Which is another way to say that I am fucking tired of these humans. Go and announce: I’ll be back, with a vengeance’. ... read more

January 2008. Hello again all - As you can see from the date below, this was trip was taken a while ago. Please disregard this if you already received it, however I have added more photos. In my travel blog site it indicated that this travel blog was never "published," which I was sure it had been. However, just in case, I'm "publishing" again. Please forgive the inconvenience if you have already received this journal. Sicily, Italy October 2006 Note: Click on photos to enlarge or on "more" to enlarge and read the rest of the text. Okay, okay, so I’m tackling the easy one first, you are right. The South Africa-Botswana-Namibia-Zambia journal is in the works. As you might appreciate, a three- month road trip around southern Africa needs more thought, then condensing and finally ... read more