Category: My blog
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Syracuse
Spent the day exploring Syracuse, where Archimedes was born and where Plato was the advisor to Dion. It’s also famous for the painting of St Lucy by Caravaggio so a star studded place indeed. We wandered down to the old town known as Ortygia, which is an island connected by bridges to the rest of…
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Cava Cassibile and Avola Coast
Sweet breakfast again today but not a patch on Villa Ambra’s. Did I tell you I liked Villa Ambra? We decided to visit the pools of Cava Cassibile today. They are in a gorge not far from Avola and are supposed to be very pretty. When we arrived, it wasn’t at all clear as to…
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Portopalo and Isola della Correnti
Today we had to leave Villa Ambra as they were full for the next few nights, and relocate to Avola. After another belly busting breakfast we attempted to rearrange the contents of our suitcases and rucksacks. we wanted to leave most of our belongings temporarily at VA and go exploring, collecting our luggage later, on…
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Sicily wanderings
I wasn’t intending to keep a blog this time as we’re only away for a couple of weeks but it’s an easy way of keeping in touch and also of keeping a note of where we went when etc. , so here I am again. Why Sicily? Basically both Steve and I have wanted to…
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Day 50 – Germany /Bruges, Belgium
Our last day on the grand tour before we return to Blighty. All packed up and on our way to Bruges by 8.30am. Unfortunately the Garmin went a bit loopy and didn’t recognise a new section of motorway so we drove quite a way for a while before noticing we were travelling in the wrong…
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Day 49 – Germany/Mosel Valley
Oh the humiliation! Decided to hire some bikes and go cycling today. This area is very well set up for cycling – lots of riverside routes that are flat. We went to the cycle hire place which, bizarrely, was also the car park public toilet! The couple that run it are a Thai lady and…
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Day 47 -Germany/bernkastel kue
Day 47 -Germany/bernkastel kueHot day today, around 30 degrees. Very easy, but somehow seemed long, drive to the Mosel Valley. Found the apartment in Bernkastel Kue without too much trouble but the garage we had paid to park in was very difficult to get into. Ended up parking in the public car park which…
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Day 46 – Germany. Nuremberg
After a leisurely start, we set off on foot to see the Dokuzentrum – otherwise known as the Nuremberg rally site. Although I know all about the holocaust and have a sketchy idea of the Nazi ideology, this exhibition showing how Hitler got so many people to support him and his plans for world domination…
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Day 45 – Austria/Germany
Our journey to Nuremberg was a slow one. We had stupidly given no thought to the fact it was Saturday and school holidays. It seemed as though everyone was on the road either trying to get somewhere or come home. Oh well, at least it got us used to British traffic again. The most annoying…
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Day 44 -Austria
Today we were up at 6.15am ready to do the seven summits walk. This walk is described on the Saalbach website as only suitable for “experienced mountaineers”. Yikes! Terrified already. For reasons only known to Saalbachers, the cable car opens at 7.30am for ten minutes, then closes again until 8.30am. We had to catch the…
Middle-aged flash packers 