Bormio, Italy to Filisur, Switzerland
Bernina Pass
After nearly missing our bus with only a fifteen minute connection time last...
Filisur
Hotel Grischuna
The View from our Room
This is a real gem of a hotel. Our room was large,...
PenPal Fun!
The young couple walk through the hotel doorway and over to reception. I call out "Muriel?" and the young lady turns towards me. "Yes", she replies and smiles at me. She is very...
Milan to Bormio
Shopping near the Cathedral
There is a knock on the door. I open it and find Rosa, the owner...
Ötzi the Iceman: Bolzano, Italy
High on my bucket list is Ötzi the Iceman, one of the most incredible discoveries in recent history. Two German hikers came across his mummified body in September 1991 when they...
Florence to Verona
The Tomb of Juliet (and Romeo)
Hotel Casci in Florence is family run and Mrs Lombardi,...
Aprons in Florence, Italy
The Duomo
The church bells rang and rang and rang! Sunday in Florence and the sounds could...
Bastia, Corsica to Florence, Italy
The truck is stuck! The front of it is too low to the ground to get over the join where the opening of the ferry meets the wharf. There are six men standing around perplexed. One...
Roads in Corsica: Ajaccio to Porto Vecchio
Shriek!!!! An alarm is set off somewhere. Almost ready to checkout, I open the door and was almost deafened with the noise. Oh no! Is the hotel going into lockdown just when we need...
Relaxing in Ajaccio, Corsica
Time to Relax
Breakfast
Gentle Exercise
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