Blogs from Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Today is a non travel day, but we still needed to get out to explore the local towns. In the next town over, Montecatini Terme, we found a park with a local url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g194830-d12815927-Reviews-Parco_delle_Terme_di_Montecatini-Montecatini_Terme_Province_of_Pistoia_Tuscany.htmlMuseum, cafe and an original private house turned spa. While the museum charged, the original spa and parking is free. They also has 4 sets of taps from 4 natural water sources, all with varying tastes and temperatures. The cost for glasses of water with doctors prescription was €18, however n ot knowing this at the time I tried each with my palm cup. Doh! After the lovely walk around the park and museum, we picked a local restaurant for lunch. url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g194830-d2006122-Reviews-La_Cascina-Montecatini_Terme_Province_of_P... read more

Friday 21st June As we left our hotel in Italy this morning I opened my handbag and found the small religious book that had been in our room. George thought it was mine and had put it in my bag, I had to run back to the hotel reception to apologise. It was an easy mistake for George to make as I don't normally go anywhere without St Luke's Gospel - in Italian!!! Having another interesting day driving all around the bay of Genoa, very pretty with houses set into the hillside and again the heady scent of jasmine everywhere. This smell will now always remind me of this trip. We drive right through Genoa and witness some very reckless driving, on two separate occasions we see someone nearly knocked down on a zebra crossing. We ... read more

Geo: 43.8845, 10.7747 GÜN 17 Günlerden Cumartesi Sabah yağan yağmur, neredeyse arabanın tepesini sökecek . O kadar yani... Saat 09:00 a doğru, kalktım ve idareye dün geceki arazi zaptı, davasını anlattım. Önce orada görevli biri, meseleyi kavramadan konuya daldı..nerdeyse biz kusurlu olacağız.. Ulan her isteyen, her yere ,kurulabiliyorsa ...o zaman ne diye kampa vardığımızda bir afra ,tafra ile her taraf zaten boşken, yer gösteriyorsunuz ? diye üzerine yürüyünce, ,Allahtan bize yardımcı olan kadın, durumu çabuk kavradı ve İsviçrelilere durumu bildirdi. Adamlar, bir saate boşaltacaklarını söylediler. Ben tekrar yatıp uyudum. Uyandığımda herifler yüklemeyi nerdeyse tamamlamışlardı. Bu arada kampçı kardeşlerimi uyarayım . Kamplarda maalesef böyle şeyler oluyor ve siz kenti gezerken, yerinizi bir başkasının doldurduğuna ha... read more