After listening to Gregorian chants and falling even more in love with Florence on our last day here, the time had come to leave. So we woke up quite early, checked out, walked to Florence train station, purchased our tickets, bought breakfast and ran to catch the train and once we were inside we realised …
Can’t believe I haven’t posted here in a long long long time, but that’s how busy the year end/beginning transition always is. There are decorations to think about, cards to make, cakes to bake, tickets to book, friends to meet, family to see and shopping that has to be done… one can never get enough …
Our second day in Florence we woke up quite late cause the previous day we were out till 2 am trying to locate Florence’s secret bakeries, but we couldn’t. Anyway, the next morning we walked to this famous pharmacy , Santa Maria Novella, which is the oldest historic pharmacy in the whole of Europe. It was …
After exploring Rome on our second day in Italy, the third day was spent falling in love with Florence, or Firenze as it is called over there. Firenze is filled with churches, at least the old town is, every corner you come across a church. Some are massive with impressive architecture, others are diminutive in …
After flying into Pisa the previous day, we woke up at seven the next morning, got ready, booked entrance tickets to the Vatican and left our apartment by 8 am. Picked up breakfast at Santa Maria Novella Station in Florence (Firenze) Then settled in for the trip to Rome… Scribbled a bit in the train… …
Our flight tickets to Pisa (both to and fro) were only 160 euros for three of us on Easy Jet, and we had booked them only a few weeks before our trip. Our flight was in the afternoon, and lunch was white rice with vatha kuzhambu thokku (from Grand sweets) and some yogurt. I’ve never …
Woke up in Chamonix on a Sunday and first thing we did was search for places to stay in Florence, ‘casue the next day we were flying to Pisa. This whole Europe trip was unplanned and maybe that’s why it worked out better than expected, we just went with the flow. This was our first …
During the last weekend in August we decided to visit Annecy, since every last Saturday of the month they have this huge flea market in the old town of Annecy. So we wake up late on Saturday, pack our things, have some breakfast of grapes and berries… with yogurt and then we’re ready to hit the …
Woke up in Lyon and immediately went to look out the window, I was somehow fascinated to be living in this old part of town where there are hardly any vehicles, just foot traffic. Road trip companions smiling from our airbnb apartment window. We got ready, took a few pictures… Then crossed the river Saône, …
The next day, at the quaint farm house, we woke up early and this was the view from the attic window misty mornings. Panoramic view… Came down and Ginny was cozied up in her spot Went out and was greeted by the sun rising over the fields… We walked down this road where there was …