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13 November 2021
Above: Lovely home of my hosts. As we’re now further west in the time zone compared to Italy, the sun rises later around 0800. It sets around the same time as where I had come from in Italy around 1700 with shorter daylight hours due to the more northerly location. After the constant walking and […]
11 November 2021
Today I join Lou and Riccardo for their drive back to their home about 2h south of Paris. After an earlier breakfast than yesterday, at 0800, we departed at 0845. After a little detour, we got on the motorway where the GPS indicated that we would be on the motorway to Geneva for about 220km. […]
10 November 2021
Egyptian Museum It was a very leisurely start in comparison to my usual 0630 wake-up. We had a buffet breakfast at 0900 in the top floor of the hotel. On the agenda today was the Egyptian Museum in Turin, which is quite well-renowned, plus a little wander around the city. We departed around 1000 and […]
9 November 2021
Last Supper Today I am leaving Milan with in friends’ car, bound for Turin. But I figured that as I hadn’t seen much of the city’s art galleries, I’d splurge out on seeing the Last Supper. Quite surprisingly, I had been able to pre-book this just over a day in advance. I woke at 0630 […]
8 November 2021
Going to Bergamo Rather than fight with the hordes of tourists in Milan I thought I’d take an excursion to Bergamo. I was on the train around 0800 and arrive an hour later. Bergamo is a city in three tiers (for me), but often described as two tiers. It has a lower city (citta bassa), […]
7 November 2021
Outside and around the Duomo I had the alarm set for 0630 for a video call with my brother at 0730 to help with some issues. Despite the early wake-up, I didn’t set out till 1000. I didn’t feel the urge to explore Milan apart from some nominal sights. I took the metro to San […]
6 November 2021
Going to Verona I took the vaporetto to Santa Lucia station where I boarded the train to Verona, departing at 0910. We crossed the 3.85km railroad bridge, constructed in 1846 which connects Venice to mainland Italy. The train reached a maximum speed of 162 km/h during the journey and about 1h30 later I was in […]
5 November 2021
Getting started Rather than go into museums that I have limited interest in, I thought I’d explore the outer islands of Venice. I bought a 1 day vaporetto (waterbus ticket) which was valid for 24h. This would still be valid for when I need to get to the railway station tomorrow 😊 I started with […]
4 November 2021
Walking Tour I started my exploration of Venice around 0900, by roughly following the walking tour route in an old guidebook. From my accommodation, I walked south towards St Mark’s square, then west towards Ponte dell Accademia where I crossed the Grand Canal. Text continues after this gallery. Here I explored the bank […]
3 November 2021
Leaving Larnaca for Athens The bus to the airport runs along Larnaca’s waterfront and I was able to take it from near my apartment. The airport is located near a salt lake or salt flats, which I hadn’t noticed when I arrived. I got to the airport after 0800 and had to wait around 20 […]