Cash's Holiday

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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Hi,   Back again, can’t help it, as there is much to see and experience withing an hours drive from us…..thermal pools, just located in a paddock near Viterbo. Very simply formed ponds, fed via a surface pipe, diverted when necessary by a big rag stuffed at an opening in the pipe. Run by locals, anyone can just drive […]

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Hello again, – Rome yesterday…we helped to add to the crowds but it wasn’t too bad. Arriving at the central rail terminal was an experience in itself…it was huge, seemed to take ages to get out onto the street…single file and keep an eye out for each other. First sight of the Colosseum had the […]

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Hi everyone, long time no post, sorry. Firstly…our weather has improved greatly. What a difference a few days make. The sun has some heat now. We even had dinner on our roof top deck. Was superb….has a charcoal BBQ…Dave is mastering the art and producing succulent pork & chicken. He and Jim have a specialty […]

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Buon giorno,    (Tuesday)was fine ALL DAY, now ,as I put this together after our morning trip to visit the museum in nearby Viterbo we have had an afternoon of thunder storms. It’s still not that warm…in fact doesn’t seem to take much for it to feel cold to freezing. We are about 600m up Monte Cimino […]

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    Hello everyone – Finally I have some control of the photo department (hopefully).  Been meaning to mention that through `comments’ (which are great to receive thanks) feel free to ask questions. Sorry not to make personal contact much …. this is time consuming enough.     At least these photos give you a […]

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Hi again so soon, Firstly before this blog starts, this photo was taken from our apartment window down into the piazza nearby, through the archway is the main one where any community activity is centred. We will post more but the blasted rain is still hanging around…has been following us since we left France. You won’t believe […]

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  Buon Giorno,  Though to an Italian, my version is very flat….need to get some flair into it. To hear the language spoken, its very expressive and emotional. You get all primed up on what has been rehearsed  but when it comes to the real thing to a real Italian, your tongue and brain get […]

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Buon giorno, (pronounced bwon-jor-no), sorry about the big gap in this `diary’. Between travelling and intermittant internet connection, time is flying.   At the end of the day after sampling local beer/wine and good food… eyes just want to close. Just going back a few days…Slovenia is a little gem or at least what we saw […]

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