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Tour de France (TDF) 2023 6 min read

Tour de France (TDF) 2023

Walter & Glenda 3 years ago

We love following cycling races and the tour de France is certainly the biggest and arguably the best of the grand tours. Last year and... Read More

A week in Ormea (again) 4 min read

A week in Ormea (again)

Walter & Glenda 3 years ago

Last year we visited Ormea to see our friend Lorenzo and planned it to coincide with the Giro d’italia (read about Ormea here and Giro... Read More

Diary of our trip to Malta 10 min read

Diary of our trip to Malta

Glenda Mitchell 3 years ago

One of the major benefits of living in Lucca is that it’s a short trip away from Pisa Airport, home of the budget airlines and... Read More

Giro d’Italia 2023 2 min read

Giro d’Italia 2023

Walter & Glenda 3 years ago

We have been fortunate having the Giro d’Italia cycle race pass near where we are living. One option was to walk about 2 km up... Read More

Dreaming of a white Christmas… 8 min read

Dreaming of a white Christmas…

Walter & Glenda 3 years ago

Having fantasised about experiencing a cold Christmas in the northern hemisphere, when the opportunity arose for us to fly back to Australia from Vienna, Austria,... Read More

38^ FIRENZE MARATHON 3 min read

Italy

38^ FIRENZE MARATHON

Walter & Glenda 3 years ago

Having chosen to have 2 days off running prior to race day, we were happy to take the 10km round trip to the Firenze Marathon... Read More

Islands and Fire Trekking 3 min read

Islands and Fire Trekking

Walter & Glenda 4 years ago

We could divide our Sicily trip into a few categories: Active – We enjoyed hiking, cycling, kayaking, running and lots of walking; Ancient Greece/Roman –... Read More

Walking on the moon (Mount Etna) 2 min read

Walking on the moon (Mount Etna)

Walter & Glenda 4 years ago

The direct drive from Ortigia to the Rifugio Sapienza on Mount Etna was only 1 ½ hours so we decided to take the scenic route... Read More

Casa Montalbano (Montalbano’s House) 4 min read

Casa Montalbano (Montalbano’s House)

Walter & Glenda 4 years ago

We are great fans of the Inspector Montalbano TV series. Broadcast in Italian with English subtitles it also helps us to learn Italian. The Inspector... Read More

Ancient Greece in South Western Sicily 6 min read

Ancient Greece in South Western Sicily

Walter & Glenda 4 years ago

Having taken the scenic route from Trapani, admiring the hills covered in vines and surrounded by wind turbines on all sides, we arrived at our... Read More