November 18, 2024 We departed Catania today on the bus to Pozallo. To explain the transit gremlins mentioned in the FB post: We decided to walk the 8 minutes down to Borsolini Sq to catch the bus to the bus/train station. We had been here before; we had gotten off the LEX bus from […]
November 14, 2024 Travel Day As we were getting ready to depart another cruise ship came in. It was much smaller. It did the customary slow down, rotate 90 degrees, and back into the dock area. We’ll miss seeing the line up of boats from our flat. We gathered are stuff and got down
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http://www.nnonthewind.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Unknown-DSCN2067.mp4 Positano -Amalfi ferry: boarding at Positano ferry landing November 9-10, 2024 Our flat in Positano is comfortable but some of the lights don’t work so parts are dark. The nearby restaurant wasn’t opened. We made a trek to a mini market and started to learn of the great verticality of the town. For
November 9, 2024 It’s departure day from Naples. Wonderful city and terrific apartment. Due to our luggage, it was easiest to catch a cab to the Sixt car rental office at the station centrale. We found it without too much trouble and signed in. We were upgraded to an Audi A3 for some reason,
November 8, 2024 The transit gremlins struck again today!! We had planned to take the metro Line 1 to Grimaldi Centrale Station and then the Circumvesuviana train to Pompei Scavi, the train stop across the street from the entrance to Pompei. Well… there was a general strike and all trains and local buses/metro etc.
November 4-5, 2024 Another travel day as we leave Vienna, where it’s a bit chilly, and fly to Naples, much warmer! It was an uneventful flight, and we booked transport on the AliBus from the Naples airport to the nearest metro stop near the waterfront. We saw boats and ferries and it was nice
APR 6, 2020 I am updating our travels of the past 7+ weeks as we have been halted by the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s not been easy to focus on past photos and narratives as we sit in Lagos, Portugal after spending 2 weeks in voluntary quarantine. The whole world is shutting down and we find
April 12· We’ve been thoroughly enjoying our Venice visit!! Our flat is superb and in the quiet sector, San Palo, with 2 small balconies overlooking the “street” and a turn in a small canal 100 feet away. It takes a bit of getting used to the fact there are no vehicles!! Even the trash, picked
April 9 Well – we are now in Italy. I’m so glad we’re here, always wanted to come to Italy, even though our stay may be brief, I’m happy for every minute of it. We took the train through the Alps from Innsbruck and it was beautiful. Hamlets of towns with a church steeple always