From one city beginning with a V to another and Venice is the part of the trip I was looking forward to the most. On Friday we managed to negotiate the Italian rail network and as Steven never serenaded me in Verona, the man behind me serenaded us both with his not so gentle snores. […]
Veni, Vidi, Vici Verona – except the rain won
Our three wonderful days around Lake Garda ended with a torrential downpour through the night. Still the (baby) plants and Lake need the water and it stopped for our transfer to Verona. I did think I was seeing things when we went round a massive roundabout, filled with sheep. Yes, real live sheep, loads of […]
Ciao
We have arrived and stayed a night, so I guess that’s it – we can say we’ve been to Italy🤣 Of course that doesn’t tell the story of the journey with the hand luggage debacle, the passport and security checks with triple looped queues for the transfer in Frankfurt, and then the 2 hour delay. […]
Time to remedy the travesty that is “actually we’ve never been to Italy”
Last time I wrote we were returning from South Africa at the end of a wonderful holiday, with just a hint of the chaos that was to follow. Lockdown was announced five days after our return. The rest, as they say, is history. We are grateful that we have been so fortunate and emerged relatively […]
And finally . . .
. . . We said goodbye to Pumba, and flew to Durban. This was supposed to be a two day relax in the heat, dipping our toes into the Indian Ocean. Unfortunately the weather has other ideas – thunderstorms and torrential downpours – laugh at us here However every cloud has a silver lining and […]
Pumba!
Thankfully we read Trailfinders instructions our last night in Wilderness and arrived between 12:00-13:00. It was a 4 hour drive but the very early start was worth it. We have arrived on Safari in the most idyllic setting. See a video of our lodge here, and the restaurant and “lounge” area here. Photos and words […]
. . . . Our sunshine is back!
A great couple of relaxing days, Tuesday in Mossel Bay and Wednesday in Plettenberg Bay, both days bathed in sunshine. The coastal scenery in both bays was spectacular. I recognise that photographs won’t do it justice so you will be relieved to hear that there aren’t that many at all. Tuesday we went west to […]
Where has all my sunshine gone . . .
I can just hear all the sympathy with that title! So we left Franschhoek Sunday morning as we had approximately a 260 mile drive to our next stay in Wilderness. Going round the mountains and over the Franschhoek pass gave us a glorious view of the town and the valley. Our drive to the coastal […]
L’Chaim, L’Chaim to life . . .
So we left Cape Town early on Friday morning. Not quite as early as expected due to the delay at Avis – allegedly I packed too much so the cases didn’t fit in the boot of the first car they gave us. As in none of the cases did! After a car change, it was […]
ppp pick up a penguin
Rachel, I can hear you from here – “oh oh oh, they’re so cute” – and that’s only the header image. You’ll have to read all this before you get to the bottom to see the rest🤣 Today was long, but brilliant. Stunning scenery along the way, over Chapman’s Peak Drive, through Llandudno and Scarborough […]