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France/Italy roadtrip – Stupinigi and Sacra di San Michele

20 July 2018

As always, I was up early and ready to leave at 8am. There was nothing more that I wanted to … Read More

17 July 2018

After my peaceful day driving around towns and villages yesterday, it was time for another day of activity. It was … Read More

13 July 2018

I woke up early and was walking across the Ponte Pietra bridge at 8:17am on my one full day in … Read More

12 July 2018

Where I left off in part 1, I’d been into the Ducale palace, the cathedral and the library of Mantova. … Read More

12 July 2018

Mantova in Italian or Mantua in English is a city in the Lombardy region of Italy. If you remember your … Read More

11 July 2018

I left my previous stop, San Marino, about 10am. I’d pulled into the service station to get fuel before leaving … Read More

8 July 2018

San Gimignano was one of those places that several people had told me to go to so of course I … Read More

7 July 2018

I was waiting for the bus into Florence at 6:50am. The plan for today was to wander along the Arno … Read More

5 July 2018

I left Levanto at about 10am, and drove about 2 hours to my next destination. After spending so much time … Read More

4 July 2018

When you think of the Cinque Terre, you probably think of Manarola. And for good reason as well, I thought … Read More