FranciaOccitaniaCarcassonneCarcassonne Railway Station43°13’1” N 2°21’4” E
10 aprile 2023, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
On our way to the train station, heading to Nice, we killed a spare 45 minutes with a cup of coffee watching the boats on the river, using the "lock" system to move upstream.
FranciaProvence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurNiceGare de Nice-Ville43°42’17” N 7°15’43” E 10 aprile 2023, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Ok, so I realise it's an obvious choice of headline for this post. But it sort of sums up our first impression of Nice. It's just..... nice, that's all. But the architecture is interesting.
But ourLeggi altro
FranciaProvence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurNiceGare de Nice-Ville43°42’17” N 7°15’42” E
11 aprile 2023, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Ok....... so......we are students again!
Takes me back to Crwys Road, Cardiff way back when (1978-82 to be precise).
I was planning on doing research for a book to write after this holiday.......Leggi altro
FranciaProvence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurÈze43°43’40” N 7°21’42” E 11 aprile 2023, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
After being slightly underwhelmed by our first evening in Nice, our second day was wonderful. Found the 'Old Nice' in the morning and wandered around the market and coffee bars; in the afternoon weLeggi altro
ItaliaLiguriaSestri LevanteGiardini Pubblici Mariele Ventre44°16’17” N 9°23’45” E
12 aprile 2023, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Have to hold my hands up here and admit to a mistake in dates. Plan was to go straight to La Spezia from Nice but I got my dates mixed up. Booked our place in La Specia for the following day so weLeggi altro
ItaliaLiguriaRiomaggiore44°5’56” N 9°44’19” E
13 aprile 2023, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
As I have always said to Lissy and Emily, try to make the best out of every situation in which you find yourself.
So we arrived in La Spezia on the 13th for two nights, with a plan to spend the 14thLeggi altro
ItaliaLiguriaLa SpeziaPorto Mirabello44°5’59” N 9°49’41” E
14 aprile 2023, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
This was due to be our day to visit the Cinque Terre, but it was scuppered by the rail strike. So, what to do on a beautiful sunny day? We planned to take a boat trip to Portovenere, which we wereLeggi altro
ItaliaVenetoVeronaPiazza delle Erbe45°26’31” N 10°59’54” E 16 aprile 2023, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Or so says Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. It is still debated as to whether they actually existed in real life. And if they were based on real people then they almost certainly didn't live in Verona. ButLeggi altro
ItaliaVenetoVeronaChiesa di San Pietro Martire45°26’44” N 10°59’57” E 16 aprile 2023, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
As is our wont, we sought out a "local" restaurant, rather than stick to the formulaic tourist places (all laid up, complete with slick salesman type of waiter to greet you.......you know the sort).Leggi altro
Viaggiatore There’s a definite theme of food and drink running through these posts GT xx
ItaliaLombardiaSirmione45°29’43” N 10°36’34” E 17 aprile 2023, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
You can't come to Italy and not spend a day on one of the lakes. We chose Garda as it is only a 20 minute train journey from Verona.
With snow capped mountains in the distance it was no wonder thatLeggi altro
Viaggiatore Jane was nagging me for a couple of days for us to go and try it. It was good. 👍
Viaggiatore Backpacker life suits you two 🥰😘