Does anybody else remember the Mickey mouse club on television? Or am I the oldest among us…. Never mind.. We took our time this morning getting out of the flat, wandered down to our little cafeteria for a light and late breakfast, and then walked to Lucia. Joey was very sweet – the woman we booked our bed and breakfast through as a women's clothes shop named Lucia, and I like so many of her things I got a whole outfit! Joey hung in there while I trie...

We slept for 12 hours! And boy did we need it after yesterday. It shouldn't have been such a difficult travel day, but apparently it was – we were exhausted. But we woke up bright and bushy tailed, the B&B provided a continental breakfast, and we walked out to explore the city. It is larger than I thought, but of course it is a port city. People are quite friendly and helpful, a good thing since I speak only a bit of Italian and Joey speaks none. In our...

We slept until 9am (won't b able to do that tomorrow!) had breakfast, tool our showers. And off to the local train station. We used the senior cards we bought yesterday. : )) the local train stops at maybe 10 towns before the 5 known as Cinque Terre. And the loudspeaker in our car either is very quiet or doesn't work at all. As I am facing backwards it is Joeys job to get us off the train. What a beautiful say! It started out overcast so that made cooler and we t...

Pisa was crowded! We went into the baptistery (4 euros) To hear the singing. One guy came in,sang one note And because of the acoustics, Was able to sing another note and then another. And there was a major triad harmonizing with himself. Our group thought it was a ripoff. Impressive but we would have preferred to actually hear singing. We wandered around a bit , took some pictures and left for Lucca. Lucca is a quaint town with intact walls from the romantic per...

Although I love venice. I am happy to leave the hot humid crowded city. Noire summers in venice for me - unless there's a cold snap! We had a lovely breakfast at hotel Olimpia , packed up and headed for the parking structure. Joe had difficulty with the ticket machine so Tom went in search of the parking atructures office. Half hour later Tom returns sighing theatrically. Once we left the Venetian islands and hit terra firma we stopped at a gas station. No pumps ...