Day 4: a hotel day: our last full day in Kauai Kauai. , HI Kauai. , HI Monday 12/12/11 Mark and I started the morning with a walk along the coast and up around the two small shopping villages. Evidence of the GFC is alive and well here. There is plenty of shop/office space to… More
Day 3 Kauai Day trip: Waimea Canyon & Wailua Falls Kauai. , HI Kauai. , HI Sunday 11/12/11 The alarm woke us up at 7am for our relatively early start for the day. Today was to be a day trip from 9-6 to see Waimea Canyon, Fern Grotto and Wailua River. BTW: The weather has… More
Day 2 Kauai Kauai. , HI Kauai. , HI Saturday 10/12/11 Mark and I set out for a walk at 8.30am this morning leaving Tom for a sleep-in. The weather was fine which boded well for our helicopter trip later on today. We had our first breakfast at the hotel which was interesting….Tom was prattling… More
Day 1: Kauai Kauai. , HI Kauai. , HI Sheraton Kauai Fri Dec 9th – Tue Dec 13th Room 2405 Fri Dec 9th Day One: Funny things strike you when you travel. For example…..we get to the Airport in Honolulu and, then, Kauai…well…they’ve got toilet seat protectors everywhere, at every toilet block, plus….automatic soap dispensers… More
Two days in Rome Rome, Italy Rome, Italy Friday 16th July Our plan for our first morning back in Rome was to get up early and have a walk around the key sights before the crowds emerged. We didn’t wake up until 8am though. So, instead, we had a lazy morning, went down for breakfast… More
Back to Rome! Rome, Italy Rome, Italy Thursday 15th July 2010 It was another magnificent hot day waiting for us when we woke on our last morning in Porto Santo Stefano. We weren’t due to leave until Saturday but we were going back to Rome today. We wanted to have the last two days in… More
Etruscan day: Pitigliano and Orvieto. Porto Santo Stefano, Italy Porto Santo Stefano, Italy Wednesday 14th July The morning again promised another scorching day so we set off early. Our plan was to head west to the two towns of Pitigliano (1 hr) and Orvieto (2hr). These towns are well know for their Etruscan history and… More
Day trip to Giannutri and Giglio Islands Porto Santo Stefano, Italy Porto Santo Stefano, Italy Tuesday 13th July It sounds ungrateful but we almost groaned when we woke at 6am and saw another brilliant, blue sky. This promised hot and humid days here on the coast. We set off for the 15 min walk to… More
Exploring Monte Argentario Porto Santo Stefano, Italy Porto Santo Stefano, Italy Monday 12th July Mark’s mobile rang at 6 am and woke me so I decided to head out for an exploratory walk before it became too scorching. It was another hot day already at this hour. I ventured down the stairs to the harbour… More
First full day in Porto Santo Stefan Porto Santo Stefano, Italy Porto Santo Stefano, Italy Sunday 11th July Sunday is truly a day of rest in Italy. So, given that nothing would be open, we decided to have a day by the pool to recharge our energy reserves and to try to forget our present… More