Tuesday 26 August 2008
Monday 11 August 2008
Week in Italy
Monday 11 August - sitting on the terrace of our apartment, in the late afternoon sun - delightful. Has been a fantastic & relaxing week here.
Arrived Wednesday 6th in the morning and spent the morning looking around Pisa. It was very busy with tourists and the wait was too long to go up the The tower so we just wandered around and looked at it. Need to come back off-season. Lunch at pizza restaurant away from the madding crowd and the beef with rocket & parsesan was excellent. Also saw some Sedgeways for hire - again another time. The 3 mobile broadband connection I bought in the UK worked perfectly and allows easy and fast mobile internet connection from the terrace. £50 for the hardware (one off charge) and then £10 for 1G of data which lasts for 1 month.
Thursday was spent locally around Aulla and on the terrace. First off was a short bike ride around the area. Lunch at the apartment. For the evening we went to the Festa San Lorenzo near Malgrate. Basically lots of tables & benchs layed out, you order your meal and spend the evening eating. Very busy and great value - about 50€ for all the three of us could eat & drink. Pasta, porchetta, bread, vegetables, local wine, huge pork spare ribs. Great fun!
Friday - early start and went to Parma. Very warm but not many people. Jayne & George went around the clothes shops and I went around the food shops. Lots to discover. Nice lunch in a quite square just south of the main street. Beautiful Parma ham (obviously) and rabbit. Found a nice ice cream place and indulged. Home late afternoon for a relax and quiet night in.
Saturday - Bike ride first thing - went up to Monti, then Terrarosa and back home - a good ride. Pontremoli in the morning - market day. Very busy. George bought her new trendy rubber watch. Evening went to another festival in Monti, although just for a look as we had already eaten. This one was a truffle festival. Went and saw Angela (who's B&B we stayed at last year) and had a lovely time outside drinking some wine and chatting. Met her fried Paolo who is an underwater photographer. Arranged to go to a restaurant on Monday night near Equi Terme.
Sunday - Morning and George & I went off in search of the Via Francigena (pilgrims road from Canterbury to Rome) Goes past our apartment. Went and took some photos and looked at the local routes. In the evening went to yet another festival, this time the local one in Virgoletta. Theme for this one was ballroom dancing, however we were tired and left before it started. Still we had our fill of porchetta (roast pork) and pasta. Beforehand had a drink at Bar Nello.
Monday - Bagnone first to see Catherine and sort out bank & community charges. Bagnone was very busy as it was market day. Back to the apartment for lunch on the terrace and then after a quick nap did the cleaning.
Arrived Wednesday 6th in the morning and spent the morning looking around Pisa. It was very busy with tourists and the wait was too long to go up the The tower so we just wandered around and looked at it. Need to come back off-season. Lunch at pizza restaurant away from the madding crowd and the beef with rocket & parsesan was excellent. Also saw some Sedgeways for hire - again another time. The 3 mobile broadband connection I bought in the UK worked perfectly and allows easy and fast mobile internet connection from the terrace. £50 for the hardware (one off charge) and then £10 for 1G of data which lasts for 1 month.
Thursday was spent locally around Aulla and on the terrace. First off was a short bike ride around the area. Lunch at the apartment. For the evening we went to the Festa San Lorenzo near Malgrate. Basically lots of tables & benchs layed out, you order your meal and spend the evening eating. Very busy and great value - about 50€ for all the three of us could eat & drink. Pasta, porchetta, bread, vegetables, local wine, huge pork spare ribs. Great fun!
Friday - early start and went to Parma. Very warm but not many people. Jayne & George went around the clothes shops and I went around the food shops. Lots to discover. Nice lunch in a quite square just south of the main street. Beautiful Parma ham (obviously) and rabbit. Found a nice ice cream place and indulged. Home late afternoon for a relax and quiet night in.
Saturday - Bike ride first thing - went up to Monti, then Terrarosa and back home - a good ride. Pontremoli in the morning - market day. Very busy. George bought her new trendy rubber watch. Evening went to another festival in Monti, although just for a look as we had already eaten. This one was a truffle festival. Went and saw Angela (who's B&B we stayed at last year) and had a lovely time outside drinking some wine and chatting. Met her fried Paolo who is an underwater photographer. Arranged to go to a restaurant on Monday night near Equi Terme.
Sunday - Morning and George & I went off in search of the Via Francigena (pilgrims road from Canterbury to Rome) Goes past our apartment. Went and took some photos and looked at the local routes. In the evening went to yet another festival, this time the local one in Virgoletta. Theme for this one was ballroom dancing, however we were tired and left before it started. Still we had our fill of porchetta (roast pork) and pasta. Beforehand had a drink at Bar Nello.
Monday - Bagnone first to see Catherine and sort out bank & community charges. Bagnone was very busy as it was market day. Back to the apartment for lunch on the terrace and then after a quick nap did the cleaning.
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