Last Supper Today I am leaving Milan with in friends’ car, bound for Turin.  But I figured that as I hadn’t seen much of the city’s art galleries, I’d 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 […]

Going to Bergamo Rather than fight with the hordes of tourists in Milan I thought I’d take an excursion to Bergamo.  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.  It has a lower city (citta bassa), […]

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.  Despite the early wake-up, I didn’t set out till 1000.  I didn’t feel the urge to explore Milan apart from some nominal sights. I took the metro to San […]

Going to Verona I took the vaporetto to Santa Lucia station where I boarded the train to Verona, departing at 0910.   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 […]

Getting started Rather than go into museums that I have limited interest in, I thought I’d 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  😊 I started with […]

Walking Tour I started my exploration of Venice around 0900, by roughly following the walking tour route in an old guidebook.  From my accommodation, I walked south towards St Mark’s square, then west towards Ponte dell Accademia where I crossed the Grand Canal. Text continues after this gallery.     Here I explored the bank […]

Leaving Larnaca for Athens The bus to the airport runs along Larnaca’s waterfront and I was able to take it from near my apartment.  The airport is located near a salt lake or salt flats, which I hadn’t noticed when I arrived. I got to the airport after 0800 and had to wait around 20 […]

Above:  Palermo Cathedral. Laundry day After a really bad night sleep (4 hours) of going to the loo with some diarrhoea, I thought it would be good to take another loperamide capsule (in addition to the one through the night).  I was less bloated after 6 days but confidence was down, not knowing when I […]