My View. Let's See Yours

[Bouba]

There’s a poster on the wall in our hotel room….a picture of this fair town…and a quote….
´This is a beautiful city and worth the trouble travelling thousands of miles to see it’ Torquato Tasso
Fair enough….except he wrote that in 1586
It was hard enough to drive the fifty kilometres from Verona yesterday

 

[ingenious]

Where I started from on my last trip on the Midi. Everything from here is new to me.
And, no, I wouldn't want to swim or dive in there. Too much poop.

 

[Bouba]

Back on the Italian coast

 

[john_morris_uk]

Yesterdays dinner. Not my favourite but everywhere except the pizzeria was closed.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Desert this evening.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Then a cafe cognac

I’m drowning my sorrows having just walked away from a delivery trip.

 

[ingenious]

The wife said this is our last Italian road trip….the roads are just too tortuous….the potholes…the endless road works…the absolute confusion when following signs…and just the overly complex road system

I must admit I've not had huge problems with Italian roads but I've not driven long distances on them - Tuscany is very much like rural France and around Garda and Como the roads were narrow and busy but OK. The only scary one I've done was the Amalfi coast where the roads are really narrow and twisty with a precipice on each bend and giant tour buses trying to push you off.
Rest of the time I've gone by train.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I must admit I've not had huge problems with Italian roads but I've not driven long distances on them - Tuscany is very much like rural France and around Garda and Como the roads were narrow and busy but OK. The only scary one I've done was the Amalfi coast where the roads are really narrow and twisty with a precipice on each bend and giant tour buses trying to push you off.
Rest of the time I've gone by train.

A couple of years ago we drove from France to Naples via Florence , not the most enjoyable of roads and the motorway sections were little better than the rest and were under constant repair and it seems nothing has changed. We made up for it by diverting to Sardinia for several days where if you enjoy driving that's the place to go. Obviously there must be decent entertaining roads but I expect they are inland and to the North Mille Miglia anyone.

 

[Bouba]

At last ! Back in La belle France…a lovely bistro and fish and chips for lunch…I’m home

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Cor that's a lucky escape for me we will be going there in a day or two. You aren't staying are you?

 

[Bouba]

Going home so the wife can see her dog….apparently being alone in a car and hotel with her husband isn’t easy

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Going home so the wife can see her dog….apparently being alone in a car and hotel with her husband isn’t easy

Understandable

 

[john_morris_uk]

Carrying on with the food. Lunch today.

Killing time waiting to catch the overnight ferry back to Blighty.

 

[capnsensible]

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Then a cafe cognac

I’m drowning my sorrows having just walked away from a delivery trip.

Better than setting off and it all goes Pete tong!!

 

[john_morris_uk]

Better than setting off and it all goes Pete tong!!

I was part way through…. but it would be inappropriate to discuss it on here.

 

[ingenious]

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Carrying on with the food. Lunch today.

Killing time waiting to catch the overnight ferry back to Blighty.

Snap!

 

[Bouba]

Snap!

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Is that the sound they make when you put your fingers in the pot ?

 

[Seastoke]

Going home so the wife can see her dog….apparently being alone in a car and hotel with her husband isn’t easy

The dog has a lot of sense

 

[ingenious]

Is that the sound they make when you put your fingers in the pot ?

Not as long as you cook them properly

 

[ingenious]

Destination was in sight but unfortunately we have had to go through the new city and moor on the canal bank on the other side because someone who shall remain nameless got his dates mixed up and there is no mooring until tomorrow. C'est la vie!