Month: September 2012

Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Thursday, September 20, 2012 Part of the fun of having breakfast included is you never quite know what you are going to get. Overall, we have had some pretty good food and selection. Every so often, the breakfast is better than most. Today is one of those breakfasts. There is Bruschetta, fresh […]

Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Wednesday, September 19, 2012 We leave our apartment in Vernazza to take the 0819 train to Pisa with a change in La Spezia. No Ritardo trains today so we arrive in Pisa around 1030. We take a very slight detour as the roads are not well marked at the station so we […]

Vernazza, Italian Riviera, Italy, Tuesday, September 18, 2012 We sleep until just before 7:30 after our late night out. Carol is not feeling too great and wants to rest. I think about writing some but do not want to wake her and figure I am in the Cinque Terre, why write when I can go […]

Monterosso Al Mare, Liguria, Italy, Monday, September 17, 2012 Another croissant breakfast and we leave Rapallo in search of more conditioning. We take the train to Levanto with a quick change in Sestri Levante. We are doing another coastal hike today from Levanto to Monterosso al Mare the first town of five on the Cinque […]

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 […]