A Typical Italian Resort The fuse-box for the motor-home had not arrived yet, Bernard’s computer seemed to have a virus, I had done the washing at the campsite launderette and we were fed up. Time to take a bus into Jesolo for the afternoon. Jesolo is the main town on the island and a very [...]
All posts for the month May, 2011
Lido de Jesolo
Posted by Frances Platman on 31/05/2011
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Venice Has A Very Secret Garden.
Guidecca´s Garden Is Too Secret Lara was being met outside the station at Venice by a hire car to take her to Bassano di Grappa. This had been arranged due to a train strike. We accompanied her from Punto Sabbioni as she had her camera equipment with her as well as a suitcase of clothes. [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 30/05/2011
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Islands of Venice
Taking advantage of our travel passes we took the ferry from Punto Sabbioni to Burano; a very pretty small island with colourful houses and a very busy main square. Yes, it is a tourist island with gift shops everywhere selling lace items supposedly made on the island and glass items made on the nearby Murano [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 29/05/2011
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Venice.
Whilst we were waiting for the new fuse-box for the motorhome, we took advantage of our time with Lara to visit Venice in Italy. The ferry port at Punto Sabbioni on the Lido di Jesolo is just a short distance from Camping Miramare and having purchased a three day ticket which entitles us to hop [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 28/05/2011
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Verona
Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou in Verona? We had arranged to meet Lara at Verona station in Northern Italy and as she had luggage and a heavy camera bag, we took the motorhome and parked it at the designated parking spot for motorhomes, not far from the station. Having met her and returned to the parking [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 24/05/2011
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Lazise, Lake Garda.
Municipal Campsite At Lazise Is A Great Place To Stay. We have stayed at Lazise Municipal Campsite at Lake Garda in Italy before; last time we had to leave as they were closing it down for the winter at the end of October. The staff are very friendly and helpful and it is in a [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 23/05/2011
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Florence is still superb.
Camping Michealangelo With the motorhome repaired, we set off once again not knowing quite where we would end up! Before long we decided to revisit Florence in Tuscany and made our way to the campsite at Piazza Michelangelo. The position we were given this time was not as good as previous visits, when we had [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 21/05/2011
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Trigano At Cusano, Tuscany.
Trigano Are Great People To Do Business With. Our main reason for going into Italy was to see if we could have some repairs done to the motorhome. The manufacturer, Trigano, has its’ factory at Cusano near San Giminiagno in Tuscany. After leaving Milan we made our way to the factory and went into the [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 20/05/2011
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City news: Rome now charges to visit the Forum.
When we last visited Rome we wandered around freely; there was so much to see and day bus tickets are a waste of money as everywhere is within walking distance. Our trip to Rome this time, once again on the train from Orvieto, awakened our memories. It was a bit of a shock to see [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 14/05/2011
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City news: Orvieto still magnificent.
Having parked the motorhome at the Sosta at Orvieto Scalo that afternoon we took the funicular up to Orvieto and caught the mini bus to Piazza di Popolo. A slow walk around confirmed our memories that it is a very special town. The Duomo is one of the best in Italy, it’s gold encrusted facade [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 12/05/2011
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Italian Sostas: Orvieto great for Rome too.
After having had excellent and courteous attention at the Trigano factory, near Poggibonsi in Tuscany, Italy, in the morning and arrangements made to have repairs carried out on the motorhome for 23rd May, we made our way to Orvieto in Umbria to visit old friends. Naturally, we, parked our vehicle at the Sosta, the Italian [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 12/05/2011
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Jewish interest: Israel Independence Day barbecue in Milan.
The owners of the Milan campsite, in Italy, are an Israeli family. We discussed with them in the morning where the Kosher butcher was in the town and were told to go in the morning as they might be closing early as today was “Yom Hatzmaut”, Israel Independence Day and there were to be a [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 10/05/2011
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Campsite news: Camping Milan still a good stop.
We have stopped at the campsite for Milan a few times before and we were greeted like old friends. It is a convenient site for visiting Milan as buses are nearby and it is a simple and cheap way to journey into town, especially if you are planning to stay more than one day as [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 09/05/2011
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On the road: Gotthard Tunnel is long when you are tired!
After leaving the Metz campsite we drove through to Mulhaus. What a beautiful journey that was. Spectacular scenery kept us oohing and aahing and we stopped several times along the way to take in all around us. We planned to stop for the night on the French side of the Gotthard Tunnel but as the [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 07/05/2011
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Campsite news: Revisiting Metz.
It is a year since we last visited Metz in Eastern France, when we were on our way home to a dying mother. Then we stayed outside the campsite at the Aire and were not in a great mood for sightseeing. Today we stayed in the campsite which is right on the river, is well [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 06/05/2011
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On the road: Binche in Belgium.
We arrived at Dunquerke in France at 1.30 a.m. and parked at the ferry waiting area for the rest of the night. It really is a good place to park before boarding or after arriving at the port. Then… We travelled through Belgium once again. Plenty of sunshine and no rain. We stopped at Binche [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 05/05/2011
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