Ok, looks like I may be able to get to Civita this afternoon. Must go make a phone call to the hotel there. More later…
Curses! The best laid plans… Apparently the Italian rail system is being shut down by a strike tomorrow. I’m working on options…
Sunday, April 14, 2002 12:52 Weather: Partly cloudy… and partly rainy. Location: Fiaschetteria restaurant My bad. No journal entry for yesterday so I have some catching up to do. I woke up bright and early yesterday and was actually the very first to arrive at the Uffizi museum. Since I hadn’t yet eaten, I wandered […]
Friday, April 12, 2002 23:20 Weather: Rainy morning, cloudy afternoon. Location: Room 3, Auberge Montreal, Florence. A very full day, but as it’s already late and I have to get up very early I’m going to try and keep this short. I headed out of Vernazza on the 9.12 train to La Spezia, in the […]
Thursday, April 11, 2002 19:05 Weather: Rain. Location: A trattoria just below the train station in Vernazza, whose name I forgot to write down. A satisfyingly lazy day. I slept in quite late, just clearing out of my room as the cleaners got to it. The sky was dark with a persistant rain, so I […]
18:21 Location: Ananasso Bar, Vernazzo harbour square A great day. My feet hurt, so it must have been a good hike! There were some pretty serious ups and downs, so I expect to hear from my legs tomorrow… The Via dell’ Amore started with a long cool well-lit tunnel which came out near the Manarola […]
Wednesday, April 10, 2002 14:52 Weather: Hazy but sunny, light clouds Location: On a rock of the seawall of Manarola, Cinque Terre, Italy Once again I’ve beaten the odds and the weather forecasters and scored a beautiful day. I’m sitting on a large, roughly-hewn rock on the short seawall protecting Manarola’s harbour. From here, I […]
Later the same day… 20:38 Location: Taverna del Capitano, Vernazza A smooth day on the trains. The Cisapino from Geneva to Milan was half full for most of the trip, though it filled up nearer the end. I sat across a table from a young man traveling light from Lausanne, but I was in a […]
Friday, April 9, 2002 11:35 Location: The Italian alps, onboard the Geneva-Milan train Weather: Cool, cloudy and damp A quick passport check after coming through the tunnel, and I’m back in the Euro zone with Switzerland behind me. I had a great weekend staying with my Uncle Peter and Aunt Helena in their wonderful apartment […]
Just a quick note to say that I’m still alive, have had a great weekend relaxing with my uncle and aunt, but haven’t yet had the time to write up a journal entry. I’m travelling to Italy today, so I’ll write something on the train. Ciao!