A long summer in Italy Post our short visit to Paris, we had planned to come back to Italy to explore the southern region, of what has been our favourite country in Europe so far. What we were dreading though, … Read More
A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him Venice. Enough said. Every one and anyone I know wants to go there. Everyone and anyone who has already been there cannot stop … Read More
City where Spag Bol was not originated Chapter 1: Rookie error Alright, so the time was ripe for us to make our first rookie error of the trip and it so happened that this one involved the loss of a … Read More
Fine wine, great meat cuts, medieval towns and the sun – Toscana personified Allora (an oft used Italiano term for ‘So’ or ‘And then..’), here I am, doing next to nothing, save writing this post. Chapter 1: Resident Day Off … Read More
Marvelous, architectural blunder The leaning tower of Pisa; like hordes of other tourists, we took the 1 hr train ride from the Cinque Terre villages to the city of Pisa to witness the one of the world’s most marvelous, architectural … Read More
The magical 5 villages We had heard all about it, Dee had exhausted every possible blog and site reading about it, and here we were – on a train from Milano to the famed Cinque Terre National park region situated … Read More
The apertivo captial of the world So here I am at Milano, Italy, my first stop on our round the world gig and I am all jangling nerves, thrilled at the fact that one half of the Pai-Traman duo has … Read More