Cinque Terre,what the heck is that. Well it is a group of small villages along the coast that have been around since the 12th century. Each village is by train no more than 5minutes away from the other.these villages have houses that rise from the rock face at the bottom of cliffs right up to the top using the cliff as part of the structure,they all have their own language and all produce some of the finest olive oil and white wine in the whole of Florence. We s...

Ciao all who are still reading,the name you see is the man who owns and cooks at Osteria Francescana,unfortunately for Shirley and I he was in Australia, near broke Shirley's heart. We travelled to Modena by public transport,train and had a ball. Two super fast, one normal and one cattle,this one is the common workers train. Left Florence at 10.30 a.m,arrived Modena 11.40 a.m. All was good til we tried to find the ristorante, no one spoke english,Modena is a smal...

Ciao to all, We have decided to go to 2 of the best know art museum in the world. Up early, clean the apartment, and set ourselves for the cultural fix of a life time. The first museum was the Galleria deli Accademia, the lines were long,but the wait was well worth it. When we finally get in all seems to be lost, nothing inspiring, then though a doorway and the tour guide says,"you are now in the Michelangelo section", from this moment my ideas on art took a mas...

Ciao to Australia ,Canada and the U.S.A. Irei (yesterday), we arrived in Florence and once again Shirley the tour planner has struck gold. Our apartment is 5 blocks from the stazione which made it and easy walk of five minutes, three blocks from the Duomo, and there are many other famous places we are close to. The apartamento is fabulous,3 large bedrooms, lounge room,3 bathrooms so all the group have their own which something all you girl and lads will unders...

Hi all, we have arrived in Firenze( Florence) . We travelled by super fast train, boy can these thing fly,300 ks and hr. First we left Naples for Rome at 8.40 am and arrived at Roma 9.50 a.m this is a full hr faster then when we went the the other way,amazing. The second part of the train ride took us from Rome to Florence,this is when we reach the speed of 300ks. The scenery on this part of the journey was straight out of a movies from the fifties or sixties,b...