Saturday 3rd June Today was a pretty uneventful travel day. We ploughed our way up the Italian Autostrade around Milan and into Switzerland. It had been our intention to spend a few days in Switzerland but when I researched some…
Hilarious Madness
Friday 2nd June After a good night’s sleep we killed time until the scheduled arrival time in Livorno of 2pm. Much to my surprise, given that I had read that this ferry can, on occasions, be very late, we arrived…
Northwards Ho
28 – 31 May These may have been the laziest 4 days in all our travelling with Basil. The longest walk possible, without going onto a dangerous main road was one mile (1.6km), which we did daily, but barely constituted…
The Dirtiest City in Europe?
Friday 26th May Our Sosta at Catania turned out to be a bit of a compromise. On the one hand it was only €10 a night, on the other, the toilets and showers were unusable and the emptying facilities left…