Author Archives: Christine

13th – 17th September 2016

Posted on 20/09/2016 by Christine

Up quite early, and we both walked to the station, not sure if the trains were going to be cancelled, so Geoff wanted to be sure he got to the airport on time. I slowly meandered back to the boat … Continue reading →

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Avignon to home

Posted on 19/02/2016 by Christine

Up quite early, having had an excellent nights sleep, packed our little overnight cases, and went for breakfast. The hotel owner was waiting for us, with lovely fresh bread and croissants, so with our tea, and yogurts, we demolished the … Continue reading →

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Rome to La Spiezia via Sienna

Posted on 17/02/2016 by Christine

Sadly today we are leaving Rome, we have seen some fantastic sites, my favourite was the Trevi Fountain, it was just so magical, especially as it has just been renovated. Geoff’s favourite was the Colosseum because of it’s sheer size … Continue reading →

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Day 4 in Rome

Posted on 16/02/2016 by Christine

After taking a leisurely breakfast we decided today was going to be more relaxing, my legs, ankles, knees are very swollen, and hurting me, I also have some sort of rash on one of my legs! We caught the hop … Continue reading →

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1st day in Rome

Posted on 13/02/2016 by Christine

Having slept for nearly twelve hours, hopefully I will be refreshed for lots of walking. We went down for breakfast, where most of the rugby crowd were eating, we will find out more later this evening, changed into walking shoes … Continue reading →

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Isle of Capri

Posted on 11/02/2016 by Christine

We woke to a very miserable day, wet grey and dull, thought for one moment we were in the Uk. We had some breakfast, and checked at reservations to see if the ferry was running, which it is, also the … Continue reading →

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