It occured to me that we have not told zou everz daz ... so I start from the beginning
Julz 1...Rome
2 Sienna ... Palio
3 Montalcino...and Brunello wine
4 Cinque Terra and famous white wine
5Follinica
6 Rome
7 rest...sleep at pool...shop...nice supper
8 Sienna
9Massa Marittima...medieval mountain town
10 Florence ... Uffizi gallerz
11 Castiglione della Puscala...ancient castle ruins and medieval town
12 Pisa and tuscan pizza for supper
13 rest, swim, sleep at pool pack
14 drive to Venezia (Venice) for 6 hours...beeeeeautiful
15Venice special holidaz...amaying fireworks on the Grand Canal...and boat bridge
16Venice gondola ride and St Marco square...and Murano island
17 train ride to Austria 7 hours...amaying countrzside
18 Grosglockner...highest peak in Austria
19 Kitzbuhel
20 Salzburg...Helbrunn and Trick Fountain, Festung (castle fort), Salzburg river ride, Mozart birthplace museum, Domo (cathedral)....packed day from 6 a.m. till 12 30 a.m.
21 sleep in...rest daz and a Hiedi... Alpine picnic for supper on a high mountain pasture with little flowers everzwhere and a view to die for
22 Rattenberg...medieval village and glass and gold makers since 1400s
23 todaz...Innsbruck and Germanz
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
July 19 Austria
Wow...so much so quick...Italy is gone and Austria is here...the train ride was beautiful...we went through a tunnel that took 15 minutes and then an amazing long valley filled with vineyards, and fruit orchards...about 3 or 4 hours long. Venice was incredible and very beautiful...so neat to go on a gondola...we had a guitar and a gondola singer serenade us the whole way...
the y and the z are in the wrong spots on this kezboard, so substitute a y for a z because its reallz messing up mz tzping.
in venice we saw fireworks from St. Marco square and we stazed in a palace...just beside St. Marco square. We arrived in Venice about 5 exhausted from a verz long drive so we laid down for a rest...and a concert in our square filtered up into our open windows and we awoke to beautiful string quartet and singer. We went to Murano island and visited the St. Marco basilica which is so overwhelming.
It was hard to get used to Austria and saz goodbze to Italz...but now we are used to it...another language for me to conquer but Ralph is doing verz well Zesterdaz we went to Grosglockner mountain and glacier...the highest peak in the Austrian alps...we drove through a national park ...the road was built in 1935 ... as a public works project during the depression...it is beautiful and amaying and scarz with 36 hairpin turns and an altitude of about 3750 meters
We saw ibex and marmots called to each other their warning as we went by. Todaz is another rest daz...our feet are rather damaged...weäre going to Kitzbuhel todaz and Salzburg tomorrow.
I miss everzone at home...and we see lots of little dogs that I want to cuddle. Hugs to everzone. Till next time Kathleen
the y and the z are in the wrong spots on this kezboard, so substitute a y for a z because its reallz messing up mz tzping.
in venice we saw fireworks from St. Marco square and we stazed in a palace...just beside St. Marco square. We arrived in Venice about 5 exhausted from a verz long drive so we laid down for a rest...and a concert in our square filtered up into our open windows and we awoke to beautiful string quartet and singer. We went to Murano island and visited the St. Marco basilica which is so overwhelming.
It was hard to get used to Austria and saz goodbze to Italz...but now we are used to it...another language for me to conquer but Ralph is doing verz well Zesterdaz we went to Grosglockner mountain and glacier...the highest peak in the Austrian alps...we drove through a national park ...the road was built in 1935 ... as a public works project during the depression...it is beautiful and amaying and scarz with 36 hairpin turns and an altitude of about 3750 meters
We saw ibex and marmots called to each other their warning as we went by. Todaz is another rest daz...our feet are rather damaged...weäre going to Kitzbuhel todaz and Salzburg tomorrow.
I miss everzone at home...and we see lots of little dogs that I want to cuddle. Hugs to everzone. Till next time Kathleen
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Leaving Italy
Hello all
We leave IL pelagone 4 am Sat for Venice then for Austria on Monday. We saw a coffee bar for sale in a small village just a hour from here what a great oppertunity but it was just the business had a great chat with the owner. Still havent found a cable for the camera I give up. You will see pics. when we get home. Every where we go we do not want to leave it is so bella. Driving is like driving in a computer game, gard rails on white line and when pasing a truck at 140 km he kind of swayed over into our lane just about lost the mirror or all of us into the gard rail very exciting.
Must go hope all is well.
Ralph
We leave IL pelagone 4 am Sat for Venice then for Austria on Monday. We saw a coffee bar for sale in a small village just a hour from here what a great oppertunity but it was just the business had a great chat with the owner. Still havent found a cable for the camera I give up. You will see pics. when we get home. Every where we go we do not want to leave it is so bella. Driving is like driving in a computer game, gard rails on white line and when pasing a truck at 140 km he kind of swayed over into our lane just about lost the mirror or all of us into the gard rail very exciting.
Must go hope all is well.
Ralph
Second last day at il pelagone
Hello all
Well we have been having a great time here in Italy. The driving is like driveing in a computer game you dont know what comes up around the next corner, be on allert at all times. At night its crazy coming back from Firenze (Florence) the gaurd rails on the roads are right on the white lines so there is no shoulder and when you are pasing a truck you better hope he does not move into your lane as it hapened to me I though I was going to loose my mirror on the gaurd rail, at 140 km very exciting. Still am not able to upload pictures you can see them when we get back.
We leave for Venice at 4 am Sat. morning its a 6 hour drive. I hope all is well. Buy for now
Ralph
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Its Saturday and we just got up at 10:30 am from a long walk through Rome. It was great, we saw alot of fasinating arcitecture and meet a few very interesting people on the trains. Rome you need at least 3 days to really see every thing. I have even got a piece of history in my pack a piece of cobble stone of one of the famous Roman roads. Had a snack on one of the roads at a cafe literaly on the road as cars went wizing by. Weather has been 17c at night 28c day time very nice. I hope all is fine at home. Driving here is a real treat you never know what to expect and you need 6 eyes all the time watching for mopeds or moter bikes sneek up on you. I still am not able to get a cable for the camera so pictures are not possible. Sorry
Till nex time
Ariva Derchi
Ralph & Kathleen
Till nex time
Ariva Derchi
Ralph & Kathleen
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Sianna and first day
Hi all
We are having a great time, beside geting lost all is great. Pictures might not be posted, I forgot my camera cable and am having a hard time finding one. Went to Sianna and saw the great Palio ( horse race) in the square. The Italians sure are passionate. It was absalutlly great. Used up 1 Gig of mem already on the camera. You need to order Tickets one year ahead for the race $ 1000.00 euros was asking price on the web. Just relaxing on tuesday and enjoying the area.
Love you all.
Chow
Ralph
We are having a great time, beside geting lost all is great. Pictures might not be posted, I forgot my camera cable and am having a hard time finding one. Went to Sianna and saw the great Palio ( horse race) in the square. The Italians sure are passionate. It was absalutlly great. Used up 1 Gig of mem already on the camera. You need to order Tickets one year ahead for the race $ 1000.00 euros was asking price on the web. Just relaxing on tuesday and enjoying the area.
Love you all.
Chow
Ralph
Our first few days
Hello everyone,
We are having a great time here in Tuscony, we went to Sianna for the Palo or (famous horse race) in the town square. You could not get tickets for the event booking 1 year ahead to get seats and one person we meet saw tickets on the web euro $ 1000.00. So we went to the middle of the square at the edge of the fence right on the track area and held our spot for 4 hours, it was well worth it. The Italians are very passionet about every thing. I would attach photos and vids accept I forgot my camera cable at home so, to find a cable I go. I think I needed to get a few more memory cards we used up my first gig mem card Just in Sianna. It is absalutly great here in Tuscanny the people are very helpfull and freindly, not sure if we want to leave. Coffeeeeeeeeeee is great, espressoooooooo im addicted. See you next post.
Chow
Ralph
We are having a great time here in Tuscony, we went to Sianna for the Palo or (famous horse race) in the town square. You could not get tickets for the event booking 1 year ahead to get seats and one person we meet saw tickets on the web euro $ 1000.00. So we went to the middle of the square at the edge of the fence right on the track area and held our spot for 4 hours, it was well worth it. The Italians are very passionet about every thing. I would attach photos and vids accept I forgot my camera cable at home so, to find a cable I go. I think I needed to get a few more memory cards we used up my first gig mem card Just in Sianna. It is absalutly great here in Tuscanny the people are very helpfull and freindly, not sure if we want to leave. Coffeeeeeeeeeee is great, espressoooooooo im addicted. See you next post.
Chow
Ralph
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