OCTOBER 2024
How did we get to October so quickly? I feel like we hardly had a summer, I want to keep remembering the sunny days but we appear to be bombarded with Halloween which is not until the very end of October. It’s like we wish the month away. It does not help that the shops are filling up with Christmas goods! I guess it is a way of wishing away the winter but I want to hold on to the last of the light, sunny days when we have them. I am still remembering the wonders of Italy that we…
View PostDAY EIGHT AND NINE
We started our journey home, leaving at 8 am Going through Switzerland again was stunning. Stopping for a few breaks and lunch then arriving at the hotel we stayed at on the way down. After a couple of drinks in the bar, we then went in for dinner, we had one of the dining rooms to ourselves which was laid out beautifully. DAY NINE We continued our journey back to Calais arriving back in the UK at about 8 pm with some duty-free, so easy when you are on a coach and don’t have to carry it! A great time…
View PostDAY SIX
VERONA We left the hotel arriving in Verona at about 10.30 am the coaches had to park outside the wall of the town so we then walked in following our trusty driver Clive. I have to say this is the most beautiful city I have ever seen, the buildings are amazing, many different colours, designs and shapes. I felt it was a very romantic city, especially by the Romeo and Juliette house where you can go up onto the balcony, I only took photos from down the bottom. Also, you had the statue there where the saying goes if you…
View PostDAY FOUR
VENICE We all left the hotel about 8 am on our way to Venice. We had a very overcast day but with all there was to see I don’t think it bothered anyone. The buildings are so beautiful but it does make you wonder if they are damp inside to live in. St Marks Square was still a bit flooded so they have boardwalks for you to walk across but they are so packed. The gondolas cannot go down all the small waterways as the water is so high because of the tide and flooding, so the…
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