I didn’t realize when I planned for us to walk up to Prague Castle as Independence Day. But off we went in the late morning. We walked along the river, passing the Charles Bridge entrance and this memorial park: The … Continue reading →
Daylight savings time ending here gave us an extra hour in Prague. The skies were solidly grey, so we used the morning to relax and hope for some sun. I had in mind to buy myself a nice wool scarf … Continue reading →
I had only budgeted for one serious food tour for this trip, so I chose “Taste of Prague”, a small local company with top notch reviews. The tour didn’t start until noon, so we just lazed around all morning. While … Continue reading →
My usual travel fatigue has yet to set in although maybe I’ve just bounced off the bottom from the Badalucco part. Anyway we are full of enthusiasm for Prague. I think the nice weather has helped. We returned to the … Continue reading →
I scheduled our first “Free walking Tour” of Prague for 11:15 so we wouldn’t have to rush too much in our lazy morning way. By the way, they no longer call it a free walking tour rather they say “pay … Continue reading →
So….a travel day. We had gotten a notice from easyJet that there were “unprecedented delays” on the road from Casorote Sempione, where our hotel was, to Terminal 2 at Malpensa. So we opted for an early shuttle to the airport. … Continue reading →
In Arona, we packed up and rolled our suitcases through a great looking market to get to the station, where we had parked the rental Fiat. In 1998, Stresa was the very first place we ever slept, as a family, … Continue reading →
It took us a long time to get out of the apartment because neither the heat nor the hot water were working, and I had a long messaging session, including sending videos of the thermostat and the boiler, with the … Continue reading →
Morning came with delicious fresh pastries at our door and the little bit of packing we needed to do. I had planned to do our laundry in Badalucco, but the clothes had to be dried on an outside line and … Continue reading →
We woke up determined to make the best of our stay here, and to cut it short by two nights. I had a text from Marta in reception that we could go on the olive mill tour at 10:00, so … Continue reading →