Monthly Archives: November 2012
Arrivederci Firenze
We’ve had three marvelous days in Florence, and now it’s time to move on … but where will we go? The answer is easy when you’ve got a grandson called Luca … we are off to Lucca in Tuscany of course! We have booked three nights in the Villa Corte Degli Dei, and are packed […]
Coeliac hell to Coeliac heaven?
After two weeks without finding any gf products in Turkey I was all out of breaky cereal and keen to get to Italy. Normally Italian food is the worst for gf (pasta and pizza etc) but Italy had a reputation as a gf aware country with many restaurants providing gf options. My main concern was […]
Rome Wasn’t Seen In A Day
Our last night of the trip deserved a nice dinner, and we found a nearby restaurant, Donati, that had sensa gluten options. I had a delicious penne with salmon sauce followed by roast veal, salad and small potatoes. Ian had spaghetti carbonara, then steak with a tomato sauce, also with salad and potatoes. I finished […]
Pisa, Pasta and Pickpockets.
Today’s trip to Pisa took us through the Tuscan countryside in all its autumnal glory. It also took us through the township of Lucca that Ilze has chosen for our next destination, mainly because our last grandchild is called Lucca but the guide books also recommend it. It looked wonderful so bookings have been made. […]
The Duomo and the Campanile
Schon, thanks for the use of your compass, it’s now been to places you haven’t !! After a fortifying breakfast in our hotel, we set off to the information centre to book our trip to Pisa, tomorrow. The weather is clearing thank goodness and it should be a good sight-seeing day. Then off to the […]
Arivederci Debbie and Ian, Ciao Firenze.
Now that our personal blogger Debbie has left to wing her way back to Oz, it falls on the us to continue her excellent work – thanks Deb, and safe travelling to you both !! We departed Venice disappointed at not having seen another aqua alta. The promised high water didn’t eventuate yesterday; just the […]
Roaming in Rome
The dulcet tones of the acqua alta siren woke us again this morning at 6.30. It’s not an “oh my god the city is flooding and you’re going to drown” type of siren, rather an “oh by the way there’s going to be a bit of water about, you might want to get your gumboots […]
After the Flood
Having survived the highest acqua alta in living memory we spent a hasty afternoon, after the race, making plans to evacuate early this morning. Debbie and Ian, off to Rome on the 9.30am from Venice St Lucia, and the flood expected to return at 9.3oam, elected to do the get up when the first warning siren […]
Come Hell or High Water
The first warning siren sounded at 5.30am, but none of us knew what it was and we ignored it and went back to sleep. An hour later, we heard it again – it doesn’t sound like an emergency siren but we realised it meant something. We looked out of the window and saw six inches […]
Wet Feet in Venice
Its 7.00am on the morning of the big Venice Street Orienteering Race. Four anxious Legends of Street O had a restless night, buoyed by our performances in the Park O event the previous day, we were expecting great things. All four of us got round in good times and few mistakes, even me still weakened […]
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