+++ Day eight and we are off in the vans again. We drive down to the coast then take a boat across the Ligurian Sea to Elba Island. Nic and I had bought some snacks (bread, cheese and yoghurt) before leaving Volterra so we have a picnic lunch sitting in the sunshine on the upper […]
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walk like an italian: days six & seven – volterra
+++ We wake on day six and pack again. Our accommodations in Pruno were magnificent and I wonder again at Anthony and Marina’s ability to not only find us great walks, but also wonderful places to stay. After breakfast we take a tour of the church and the bell tower in Pruno then I say […]
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a 10-day walking tour through parma, cinque terre, the apuan alps, volterra & elba island with tamarillo travel
walk like an italian: days four & five – alpi apuane
+++ I am not glamourous in any way when I perform any kind of physical activity. Soon after I begin, my face will be bright red, shortly after that I start to sweat. So, given I am not usually glamourous, I was horrified to discover that on this first day of walking in the mountains, […]
walk like an italian: days two & three – cinque terre
+++ We leave Parma behind after breakfast on day two and drive to Porto Venere on the Cinque Terre coast. Here we stop for lunch and I buy some cheese + a small olive wood handled cheese knife (which proves to be extremely handy during the course of our Italian adventures). After lunch our first […]