Return to Italy
In and around World
Welcome to our travel blog. We are planning to have month of visting friends old and new and places we have been and new places in our favourite country. We start out with a couple of nights in Hong Kong and then hit Italy for more or less 4 weeks.
We start off in Milan, visiting our dear friends there and then it is off to Venice for 5 nights to experience the magic of this place again and to see some of our suppliers.
Then we are off to the Cinque Terre. These ancient fishing towns were very isolated for many years and even now, only service vehicles can enter 3 of the five towns. We plan to do the walk between the five towns.
Next, we are "free spirits" through Tuscany and Umbria, with no accommodation booked and no agenda.
Then, we visit the south where Kathy grew up and also see one of our key suppliers down there.
Finally, we break our journey home via a night in LA.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Alan & Kathy
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Love Milan
Milan Day 3 18 May 2009
We awoke partly refreshed and partly like a boxer recovering from a knock-out.&nb... Continue reading »
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Ahh!! Vera Venezia!!
By the time we arrived in Venice, we were starting to feel more like wilted flowers in mid summer than the spring chickens we are. Jet lag pl... Continue reading »
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3 nights amongst the 5 lands (Cinque Terre)
Venice to Vernazza, Day 8 22 May 2009
Feel quite sad to leave our apartment in Venice. It has becom... Continue reading »
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Welcome back to Tuscany
Vernazza to Querce, Tuscany Day 12 28 May 2009
Getting the trunk and the bags to the station from the room is nowhere near... Continue reading »
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Hanging out in St Francis' haunts
Santa Maria delle Grazie Day 13 28 May 2009
We sleep in, as with Tuscan villas you have shutters, doubl... Continue reading »
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Overnight in Arezzo
Arrezzo Day 16 31 May 2009
We are reminded en route to Arezzo how unforgiving the autostrade are. We mis-interpret a... Continue reading »
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Guests at Vietri
Vietri sul Mare Day 17 1 June 2009
Over breakfast in a local bar, we watch a song come on TV that has been made for all th... Continue reading »
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Mellow in Maiori
Maiori, Day 19, 3 June 2009
Breakfast the next morning is similarly just for us with no-one else around.
After bre... Continue reading »
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Return to Rome
Rome, Day 24, 8 June 2009
An early breakfast at the Maiori hotel and a farewell to Richard Gere and we ar... Continue reading »
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