Tag: Italy

We started and finished this day later than usual. After our experience of the crowds in Venice and Pisa, we had decided not to go to Firenze but to see what else we could find within easy driving distance of Pisa. We had a choice of heading north toward Carrara, home of the marble used by Michelangelo, or south into...

Some of us were slower than others moving this morning so first order of business was to feed the parking machine which clocked on at 8:00 am. Breakfast followed that. Hotel La Pace had ts own variation on the continental breakfast and I managed juice, coffee, muesli with yoghurt, prosciutto, cheese, a roll, 2 slices of rye bread with cheese...

I woke on cue just after 6:00 am, but rolled over and snoozed until just after 6:30 am. The estimated drive time to Pisa was about 3.5 h and Majella had suggested that we had no need to hurry ourselves along. After we had showered we went for breakfast. There was just one piece of cheesecake in evidence this morning...

The shutters on the french doors in our room at Villa Stucky were very effective at keeping the room dark. I woke in early morning gloom with just a glimmer visible through the curtains, found that it was only 6:00 am and rolled over, conscious that Majella’s plan was to arrive in Venice not much before 10:00 am and that...