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POMPEI – WHERE WE FIND FAMILGLIA LOVE
POMPEI 14th November: We had booked four nights with Martina and her brother Salvatore in their B&B, rated for some time now in Trip Advisor as No.1 Hotel in Pompei. This was our fourth stay with them. (2009,2011; and in 2014 we stayed five nights before taking the car ferry to Croatia). We […]
ORVIETO
ORVIETO – ON THE ROAD AGAIN. 20th November:. It was a pleasant 20C, so we enjoyed the scenic miles of our journey bowling along the E45 to our first night’s stop – ORVIETO: NEARLY EMPTY GREAT HOTEL Hotel Oasi dei Descepoli:- Firstly – this hotel was tucked away down a rather […]
RAPALLO
21st Nov: RAPALLO – SMALL LIVELY RESORT – I suppose that for the Italian Riviera the price of our hotel was quite good. We had a job finding it; on a hill, past the picturesque central harbour. There was a steep incline from the road to the hotel. RAPALLO – YOU […]
TO BRIGNOLES – FIRST OVERNIGHT STOP BACK IN FRANCE.
22nd November, 2016 LA COTE D’AZUR – WHAT A RIP-OFF – WE DIDN’T EVEN SEE THE SEA To reach Brignoles, our destination for that night, the quickest way was on the A8 ‘Coast Highway for the Cote D’Azure’. I have decided that I hate that route; especially as it rained all the […]
