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Defeated And Dented
Guess where we are tonight. No, don’t bother; I’ll tell you. Amsterdam. Yes, home. 2979 km later. For the first time ever, we threw in the towel on a holiday and turned around. Waking up to another day of rain in … Continue reading
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Cinque Terre
We’re in the Cinque Terre, where the weather has continued to be dreadful until today. This morning, the rain stopped and we managed to hike from Riomaggiore to Manarola. The rest of the trail is currently closed, due to dangerous … Continue reading
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Testing Our Mettle
When the most enjoyable part of your holiday has become the driving and the sleeping, you know you’ve got a problem. Precipitation once again precipitated another precipitous obstacle for us today. It was raining when we woke up and still … Continue reading
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Torino
The sun was shining on the other side of Lago di Como this morning, as we left for Torino (Turin). The winding road to Como afforded some fabulous views of the lake and the villages scattered around its perimeter, with … Continue reading
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Piove
Rain stopped play. Today was a bit lot of a washout. We never left Bellagio. We’ve overstayed, anyway, in a sense. Two nights here would have been plenty. On reflection, staying in Como would have placed us in a geographically … Continue reading
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