Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:03 Weather: Sunny morning, but the clouds are moving in Location: Civita square I woke up early and had a shower. I wanted to get out and see the area before the light got too flat. I was also expecting Franco to show up at any minute, hoping for a coffee […]
20:19 Location: Civita B&B dining room, Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy Well, as you’ll gather from the location, I made it. (See the first post for today for an explanation). And what a spot: I’m sitting along in the B&B–Franco the owner and his daughter Elisabetta have gone home for the night, presumably to Bagnoregio, the […]
Monday, April 15, 2002 14:40 Weather: Sunny, and warming up Location: Car 3, Intercity 591, sitting in Florence station Amazing, the power of the written word. Three hours ago I was leisurely finishing the paper over a cappucino, planning to spend the afternoon on some palaces, wandering up the Duomo’s bell tower, etc., when I […]
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 […]
Ok, I think I’ve licked the archive problem for now. Had to switch to a month per page instead of a week, so the archive pages are a lot longer than they were… My apologies. I guess the number of weeks was starting to break some limit. It’s hard to believe, but I’ve been writing […]
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 […]