We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde.
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Stuck so head to Siena
Once calm and settled in a hotel in Pisa for the extra four nights, we needed an action plan to fill the extra four days we now had. So it was off to Siena. Here’s the shell-shaped Piazza del Campo, the town square, which houses the Palazzo Pubblico and the Torre del Mangia. And here’s someContinue reading “Stuck so head to Siena”
Day of DOOM
So after the delights of Florence we headed back to Pisa for a final night, packed our bags, used up the last of the clean undies and shampoo and packed our bags for the 2pm flight back to Liverpool. Or so we thought. Four hours before the flight was due to depart we receive aContinue reading “Day of DOOM”
Thought for the day
“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux
Cinque Terre and Florence
So after recovering from the epic trek from Vernazza to Monterosso (I may be exaggerating a trifle) we walked the Vie D’Amour (Sneakily after the ticket booth was closed) and checked out all the padlocks with peoples names on them to symbolise true, everlasting lurve . . . Other people, clearly with no padlocks, hadContinue reading “Cinque Terre and Florence”
Italy, sullen, smelly and strikes!!
So finally arrived back from an (unintentionally) extended stay in Italy, thanks to Italian strike action and Ryanair being their usual shite selves, we were forced to stay an extra four nights. Costing us an extra £500 which we can ill afford, so cheers for that! Now there are worse places to be stranded thanContinue reading “Italy, sullen, smelly and strikes!!”
Thailand ends on a high
So after the serenity of the old capital, the mania of Chinatown, the sobering WW2 reminders and the swim down the river Kwai, we had to end our holiday in typical style, on one of Thailand’s many idyllic, gorgeous, perfect, pristine, baking hot beaches. We stayed in Ao Nang, Krabi. A nice little town thatContinue reading “Thailand ends on a high”
Apt thought for the day
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck