Month: April 2019

I have made a note where there is a good supermarket/ deli in Praiano and our first mission for the morning is to find it and stock up on breakfast and some lunch food with snacks for the hikes. Our first attempt draws a blank and we have to retrace…

It is an early start for us as we are leaving Rome for Naples by train. We say good-bye to our comfy apartment and take the Metro to the station. It is a complete shock as to how busy it is on a Sunday morning and I briefly coach Tanya…

We wake up again to a picture perfect morning, the sky resembles Michael Angelo’s lapis lazuli Sky in the Sistine chapel. We enjoy another breakfast with mouthwatering strawberries and we feel that the big day ahead warrants a visit to our now most favourite bakery cafe . It seems that every…

We started out early today by catching the metro to the Vatican City. We pre booked a tour, and when we arrived I was so pleased that we had! There were so many people there and the tour guide estimated 40,000 people would be coming through today. Mariola once again,…

Today we start the morning with a planning session and some logistics work for our transfer to the Amalfi Coast. We now have tickets “to skip the queue” for the Vatican but we decide to brave the Colosseum on our own. It is another beautiful, sunny day and it gets…

As we walked around exploring the neighborhood near our apartment we quickly realized just how important fresh food delivered to customers  in tempting colorful options is for the Italians. Lots of tiny eateries, mini and larger supermarkets, bakeries and delicatessens are scattered every few blocks. Although it is very early…

We have had a fun first day in Rome. The weather is beautiful, and the city is very clean. We asked the driver who took us to our apartment last night if the cars stopped for you if you were on a zebra crossing. He assured us yes, but today…

We had just a small level of concern that for Tanya this might be a “bumpy” as in queasy journey , however she passed with flying ( ha, ha) colours. It did mean that no Moët or Veuve was consumed but a small price to pay in the end. I…

We are on to the last couple of days of packing preparations and finalizing the long list of anti-nausea medication. It is all coming together and what was meant to be a trip to Tuscany started in the planning 9 years ago is now our epic Italian adventure, traversing Italy…