italy

Picking olives with the God Father

Posted on December 15, 2007

The snow has followed me south. I left dales olive grove this morning taking the train from pescara to Bari. Currently i am aboard a stationary superfast ferry bound for Greece. Dale (my God Father) really looked after me. Amon (a friend of dales) and i helped Dale pick olives... [Read More]
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Sinning in Rome

Posted on December 3, 2007

I’m on a train heading for pescara which is 3 hours due east from Rome on the coast. There i will rendezvous with dale, a family friend and spend some time with him. After climbing the sleeping volcano in Napolis we headed north for Rome. Dinner was pasta and pizza... [Read More]
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Free slippers

Posted on December 1, 2007

01/12/07 09:20 L’aquila , Italy We stayed in 4 star luxury last night. It was the best option at 00:30 when Adrian had been driving for 8 hours. They gave us slippers. Now we’re on our way to Napoli to climb a volcano :) [Read More]
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The floating city and expencive coffee

Posted on November 30, 2007

After swimming through the Milano smog we found the floating city of Venice. It was expensive, smelly, and poorly maintained. After miles of tacky shop lined lanes we found the square. We coffeed (4.8e espresso but it was on my life to do list), pizzaed, then escaped the endless shopping... [Read More]
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Pretty lights

Posted on November 30, 2007

San Marino is like a tiny clean Italy. We stopped here for dinner in a pizzeria. The streets are clean, the food is good, the castle is covered in pretty Christmas lights, and the parking free. I will return to explore this brilliant little country. [Read More]
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Milano

Posted on August 2, 2007

I’m on the bus home from work because Cathy is dedicated… Or slow, but either way she had to stay back. I’m not feeling 100% after 4 consecutive weekends away so it’ll be nice to have a weekend at home before Amsterdam with Hayley, my cousin. I arrived at the... [Read More]
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