I hope you enjoy reading about my adventures during travel in Europe as much as I enjoyed living them!
Saturday, 5 November 2011 – Part III of III Hotel Diplomatic Torino (Turin), Italy (from GoogleMaps) Hotel Diplomatic immediately strikes me as a place desperately trying to hang on to an opulent past. Dark woods, a lot of open space,…
Saturday, 5 November 2011 – Part II of III I make the train without incident and settle in for the first-class journey to Milan. Oh, Angry Ticket Guy, I sure hope you’re heading into Rome and not on this train… …
Saturday, 5 November 2011 – Part I of III I crawl out of bed and get ready for the day, wondering what it will hold. I go outside for a quick smoke before breakfast – aah, the rain is finally…
Friday, 4 November 2011 – Part V of V On my way back to the hotel from Anti Luzzi Café, I notice that the little bar that’s looked intriguing for the last few days is actually open for a change. …
Friday, 4 November 2011 – Part IV of V Ok, I am trying to relax and savor my vino blanco, but the brain is back at it… Ugh! Not looking forward to days straight of traveling again. I tried to…
Friday, 4 November 2011 – Part III of V I climb from the Metro platform in the bowels of the building and emerge into the train station. After locating the counter, I get in line to find out what my…
Friday, 4 November 2011 – Part II of V Navigating the route to the Castel Sant’Angelo is a bit more of a challenge than I had anticipated. The streets of the city are irregular as a rule, but this area…