Cash's Holiday

Hi, Today is Saturday 26th, we drove direct from London to Cental Lancashire (Northwest England) on Thursday….. All Whites were due to play Paraguay. Scanned the radio stations for the commentary but had to be satisfied listening to the Italian – Slovakia game with snippets of NZ’s fate. Countryside flashing past from the motorways. Roads […]

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Hello hello,….. Our 75min ferry trip from Calais to Dover was a pleasant experiance…..English speaking. Dropped car off, sad in some ways, after two months….Euro lease system worked out really well….thanks for putting us on to that Chris. Covered 9,190 km. Currently in London….weather is absolutely wonderful….staying with Jo Morrison, so good to catch up. […]

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Bonjour, For some reason I’m having trouble with loading photo’s and its becoming irritating to say the least….that will teach me for getting confident with this whole program. We had a good run again yesterday, no great fan fare leaving Italy into France….sort of expect something apart from driving through toll gates. Skirted the coast […]

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Thursday 17th Hi, Time allows to do this back to back post…..what a treat. You wouldn’t believe how our day started…..Dark sky and thunder rolling around….rain…. not heavy, just annoying. As mentioned in last blog, the plans today were to see the strip of coastline renowned for its terraced hillsides and 5 picturesque villages, called […]

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Wed. 16th …..Hello `blog’….and all who are still hanging on in there. It’s been hit and miss (mostly miss) with internet access since leaving Soriano (so spoilt there). Actually I began this blog on leaving NZ with a little trepidation. 1. Regarding control of the program itself and 2. Making it interesting without boring you […]

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Hello, ……Arrived Sicily Tuesday 8th. First impressions don’t rate too highly. Our villa is really comfortable and spacious, surrounded by a secure high fence & plastered block walls. A locked iron gate. …….Beautiful front yard, very private, planted up with ornamentals at the road end and fruit trees down the side. The surprise is a […]

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Hi,      When leaving  Pompei , one wrong turn opened up the service area of the town and what an experience…..caught up in morning traffic, cars, trucks, vespers, push bikes, narrow roads, add to this haphazard parking….Italians stop their vehicles on corners, pedestrian crossings, even when curb side, cars are often at such an angle that […]

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 Hello, Time has slipped by, our three weeks in Soriano now finished.This post is mainly to say we are now traveling south taking in part of the `heel’ of Italy on way to Sicily. Staying in Soriano gave a real insite to everyday small town Italian life as its just off the tourist track. The […]

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