Daily Archives: May 21, 2011

Day 35 – May 20 Friday I’m getting to like these late starts, up at 6am, breakfast at 7am & away at 8am, very relaxed this morning for our short journey from Sorrento to Pompeii.  The Bay of Naples had … Continue reading →

Day 34 – May 19 Thursday Another late start, 6am up, brekkie at 7am & bus by 7.40am to be at the Sorrento wharf by 8am to meet our local guide Maria for the ferry to the Isle of Capri.  … Continue reading →

Day 33 – May 18 Wednesday 6am wake up, 7am brekkie, depart at 7.30am for Sorrento.  We spent most of the day in the bus on the motorway heading south from Florence, out of the Tuscany area, bypassing Rome & … Continue reading →

Day 32 – May 17 Tuesday A 6.30am wakeup call, brekkie at 7am then off by 7.45am.  Off with our local guide Rosa to the Academy of Art to see the statue of David by Michelangelo.  We were the second … Continue reading →

Day 31 – May 16 Monday A late start, 6am wakeup, bags by 7am, depart by 7.40am from the hotel.  Beautiful & sunny, a stark contrast to yesterday.   By the time we walked across 3 bridges & about 1km of … Continue reading →

Day 30 – May 15 Sunday I was up at 5.30am, a shower, then woke Tereza for a walk around the Perugia old town before breakfast at 7am.  The main street was covered with litter from the night before (Perugia … Continue reading →

Day 29 – May 14 Saturday A lazy start – 6.30am wake up & 8am departure – we left Rome in brilliant sunshine & noticed the river was running higher, it must have rained further upstream.  A bit out of … Continue reading →

Day 28 – May 13 Friday Back to tour mode – wake-up call at 6am & depart at 7.15am for the Vatican.  We were the 2nd tour group there & only waited a short while before the 8am opening with … Continue reading →

Day 27 – May 12 Thursday Up at 6.30am & a bit of blog time before another hotel breakfast, a day planning session & out the door by 9.15pm on the well trodden Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.  We walked to … Continue reading →

Day 26 – May 11 Wednesday Another lazy start with a very good breakfast, lengthy day planning session & on the way by 9am (this will change when we start our next tour).  Again past the Palazzo di  Giustizia & … Continue reading →