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13 July 2025
Final exploration of Rome I enjoyed my short stay in Rome.Ā Temperatures were good day and night as long as I stayed out of the sun.Ā But I felt that Rome was more expensive than Paris this time.Ā I felt the sting with the strong Euro against the Kiwi dollar. After my short stay, I […]
12 July 2025
Vatican Museum E left around 0330 and I fell back asleep, waking around 0600.Ā I thought Iād beat the crowd by heading out early, around 0700, after some muesli. Since I got into the Vatican Museum free last time, I thought it would be OK for me to go again and pay this time.Ā And […]
11 July 2025
Minor errand A friend E arrived to stay with me, knocking on my door at 0130.Ā His flight had been delayed by an hour but he made good time getting off the plane onto the last bus at 0030 to Termini. We slept in till 0900 and headed out around 1030 to the area around […]
10 July 2025
Departing Paris My flight from Paris Orly airport departs at 0905 and I had overnighted at the B&B Hotel Paris Italie Porte de Choisy because it is on a direct line to the airport, with relatively few stops. But with disruption to that line yesterday, I decided to wake at 0515 to allow time for […]
10 November 2021
Egyptian Museum It was a very leisurely start in comparison to my usual 0630 wake-up.Ā We had a buffet breakfast at 0900 in the top floor of the hotel. On the agenda today was the Egyptian Museum in Turin, which is quite well-renowned, plus a little wander around the city. We departed around 1000 and […]
9 November 2021
Last Supper Today I am leaving Milan with in friendsā car, bound for Turin. But I figured that as I hadnāt seen much of the cityās art galleries, Iād splurge out on seeing the Last Supper. Quite surprisingly, I had been able to pre-book this just over a day in advance. I woke at 0630 […]
8 November 2021
Going to Bergamo Rather than fight with the hordes of tourists in Milan I thought Iād take an excursion to Bergamo.Ā I was on the train around 0800 and arrive an hour later. Bergamo is a city in three tiers (for me), but often described as two tiers.Ā It has a lower city (citta bassa), […]
7 November 2021
Outside and around the Duomo I had the alarm set for 0630 for a video call with my brother at 0730 to help with some issues.Ā Despite the early wake-up, I didnāt set out till 1000.Ā I didnāt feel the urge to explore Milan apart from some nominal sights. I took the metro to San […]
6 November 2021
Going to Verona I took the vaporetto to Santa Lucia station where I boarded the train to Verona, departing at 0910.Ā Ā We crossed the 3.85km railroad bridge, constructed in 1846 which connects Venice to mainland Italy. The train reached a maximum speed of 162 km/h during the journey and about 1h30 later I was in […]
5 November 2021
Getting started Rather than go into museums that I have limited interest in, I thought Iād explore the outer islands of Venice. I bought a 1 day vaporetto (waterbus ticket) which was valid for 24h. This would still be valid for when I need to get to the railway station tomorrow š I started with […]