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23 August 2016
Our waking times have been creeping towards more decent times (sevenish rather than sixish). With very little urgency to do things, we made it down to breakfast around 0930. It was a little rushed as the buffet finishes at 1000. We saw a table with a shocking mess on it, a fair amount of unconsumed […]
22 August 2016
We checked out from our guesthouse and drove down to Bologna today. The drive through very narrow and remote roads weren’t as worrying today as we didn’t have the same concerns of being led astray by Google Maps. It was a 3h plus journey non-stop but we stopped in Parma for a walk around the […]
21 August 2016
Italians aren’t big on breakfast; usually just coffee and maybe a pastry at most. So we were pleasantly surprised by the relatively big breakfast at our guesthouse consisting of packaged toast, egg and some pastries. Our Nepali hostess had suggested that we take the bus 0915 down to Vernaza and then the boat to explore […]
20 August 2016
It was great to have a hotel next to the train station that goes straight to the airport. The train goes every 20 minutes and I just missed that one at 0600. I got to the airport in plenty of time still to use the lounge after going through Copenhagen’s user-friendly security checkpoint. I found […]
13 June 2004
Hotel hassles We drove from Stresa to Milan today, a journey of about 90 mins via the highway and then through the streets of the city. We had a little shock with the tolls on the highway en route. The first one was paid on credit card just fine at the exit based on distance […]
12 June 2004
Above: Isola San Giulio as seen from Sacro Monte. Breakfast at the Elena Hotel wasn’t as sumptuous compared to Hotel du Parc but it was adequate. We got talking to three older English gentlemen. They’re on motorcycle road-trip travelling all the way to Corsica. They seem to be focused on getting to Corsica and not […]
11 June 2004
Shifting Breakfast at Hotel du Parc was good with a good selection of muesli, pastries, bread, cheese and cold cuts. But the place was a little over our budget. We just needed to book somewhere for the first night to give us certainty, since we had a long day coming from Downham Market. We walked […]
10 June 2004
Above: Hotel du Parc, Stresa. Leaving England We woke at 0515 at Wendy’s place and drove to my sister’s place at Downham Market, getting there at 0620. We said goodbye to sis and Mike. [Edit: This turned out to be the last time I saw her.] Mum and step-dad joined us for the ride to […]