Bad start to the day – just arrived in Siena and left my passport on the bus! Massive fail!!! Didn’t even realise till checking in at the hotel and they ask to see your ID. Fastest run have ever made back to the bus station – not too surprised to find the bus has already left. Frantically practice my Italian…
Ok last post on this place.. but.. have to say that Rome was awesome.. and I don’t mean ‘was’ in the sense that it used to be the centre of a grand empire etc etc. but simply because I’m now on a bus out of there… Out early on Sunday morning to get to the Pantheon before the crowds rolled in…
Pizza, pasta, beer, pizza, wine, calzone and pizza.. what’s not to love 🙂 Nan & Pop arrived in time for lunch (pizza and beer) and so kept it simple and walked past the forum down to colosseum and back around to capitol hill. Walked on set with Inspector Rex – new series in Rome I’m guessing – pretty cool dog…
Going to spend a week in Italy. Plan to start in Rome and move up north to end in Venice. Grandparents have tagged along for the ride – should be interesting! We had an adventure just getting here. Forgot to book the car (mini-cab in English terms..) to the airport until the last minute and being peak hour we of…
A road trip through France & Italy with your grandmother and her two friends may not sound the best way to spend your Easter long weekend but it was some damned good fun with a few mishaps and a lot of laughs thrown in. With only 4 days to get from Marseille to Milan Google maps informed us that we’d…