Monthly Archives: April 2026

We took the train from the railway station in Monter whatever it’s called and it was absolutely crammed with young people going somewhere, all refusing to give up a seat for us old-age pensioners, kind of looking on very arrogantly. Anyway eventually we’ve arrived in Lucca and we’re presented with the city wall picture belowContinue reading “Friday 1st May in Lucca”

Off to Firenze. So here we are. We arrived in Florence and we’re sitting outside the Duomo. The queues are horrendous. There are more queues than you can shake a stick at and we have an hour to kill before going to see the David, where again there is a large queue We’ve just seenContinue reading “Thursday 30th April Florence”

Our first day in Monte whatever it’s called . The weather is glorious. The sky is blue and the sun is blazing down and we have a temperature of about 26°C. We took the funicular railway to Montecatini Alto which was an interesting ride after the stories of the funicular railway in Lisbon. The townContinue reading “Wednesday the 29th of April Montecatini”