Year: 2012

Portofino, Italian Riviera, Italy, Sunday, September 16, 2012 We start out with breakfast at the hotel. It consists of big croissants, rolls, yoghurt, cereal, juice, and coffee. Each place has a different type of breakfast. I think this place has a French influence which is why it is croissant and bread. We eat and head […]

Rapallo, Italian Riviera, Italy, Saturday, September 15, 2012 We sleep in a bit today and then have our breakfast at the hotel. The breakfast room is quite elegant in a 19th century palace decor. The spread is very nice and has of all things, coca cola, so I must drink it with breakfast. They have […]

Genoa, Liguria, Italy, Friday, September 14, 2012 Today is probably our longest travel day on the trip. From San Marino to Genoa, we travel from near one coast of Italy over to the other. It should be an easy blog day for me. Breakfast and check out goes smoothly and we wait for the bus […]

City of San Marino, San Marino, Thursday, September 13, 2012 We woke up to total fog and rain. Now we are really glad we did the castles and towers yesterday. We eat a late for us, breakfast at around 0845. It is nice, a little light on variety from what we have been used to, […]

City of San Marino, San Marino, Wednesday, September 12, 2012 We will leave Italy today. A new country is on our horizon. However, we have to start our day off with breakfast. Today’s breakfast is a pretty nice spread of meats, cheese, yoghurt, fresh fruit, croissants, and assorted other items. Sometimes, I translate what I […]

Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Tuesday, September 11, 2012 We are going to Ravenna today. We get to the station about 25 minutes early for our train and see that there is a train leaving in 5 minutes to Ferrara where we change trains to Ravenna so we get on it. Even though our connections have not […]

Padua, Veneto, Italy, Monday, September 10, 2012 Breakfast is not included here so we sleep in today. We still arrive at The Basilica of St. Anthony at 0915, early enough to avoid the tour bus crowds. The Basilica was recognized as an international shrine by Pope John Paul II in 1993. The church was started […]

Padua, Veneto, Italy, Sunday, September 9, 2012 Our mile walk to the train station goes by fast. We board our train for Padova and it is packed. We walk through several cars but they are all full so we back up one car because it was a lot cooler with A/C going then the rest […]

Verona, Veneto, Italy, Saturday, September 8, 2012 Breakfast today is self serve, a small selection of meats, cheese, a torte which is very good, and coffee, hot chocolate, or juice. We slept in a little this morning although our bodies do not seem to want to let us to sleep late. Our adventure today starts […]

Verona, Veneto, Italy, Friday, September 7, 2012 Left Bergamo after a great day yesterday. Walked through the quiet town in the morning to the bus stop. First bus stops and I ask if it is going to the train station. He says no, so I ask when the bus comes that does and he gets […]