Well we have had our first major driving day for this holiday and managed to escape unscathed ! Like most things in Italy – which seem to move at their own pace – our checkout this morning was a bit slow so it was after 9.30 am before we were […]

Today we decided to have a pretty quiet day. Last night we had a very nice dinner – we had a delicious bruschetta – the tomatoes are just so fresh and full of flavour and the herb flavour superb – I had the local specialty for my main course – […]

Today was one of those “wow, oh wow, oh my god, oh wow” days !! After another lovely breakfast in the grand ballroom, we packed up and headed off to the airport to collect our rental car. Florence airport is really pretty small – the departures area is you go […]

Today was our trip to the Cinque Terra. Not too early a start – we had to meet at the Piazza della Republica, only a 5 minute walk, by 8am for an 8.15 departure. We met up with our driver for the day, John, and 6 others and John indicated […]

The hotel we are at – the Bernini Palace – is very nice. The room is very plush and the breakfast room this morning was almost like a palace ballroom. We headed out reasonably early, with Adrienne “drugged up” and headed to the Uffizi Gallery to beat the crowds.  We […]