27 March 2022 We sleep in. The alarm wakes us both. Shower and pack. Walk to the station. It is quicker to head back to Milan and catch the fast train to Venice from there. We have a fifteen minute change over at Milan. The fast train is great. We get coffees from a mobile…
Day 105 – Bergamo
26 March 2022 We caught up with Keleigh last night. It was great to see her. Shell has kept only a couple of close friends over the last few years. Over the last few decades. Keleigh is one of them. It makes their friendship special. Plan to catch up again tomorrow evening and meet her…
Day 104 – Birthdays and Deathdays
25 March 2022 It is Shell’s birthday. We don’t celebrate birthdays. Along with Christmas, Valentines Day, and the rest, it is consumerism. Buying something you do not need to show someone you care. If we need something, we buy it. If Shell needs a gift from me to show her she means absolutely everything to…
Day 102 & 103 – Trains and physios
23 – 24 March 2022 Sometimes not much happens. Sometimes I am just lazy. Sometimes I have a good book and get distracted. “I notice how it takes a lazy man, a man that hates moving, to get set on moving once he does get started off, the same as he was set on staying…
Day 100 – 101 – UNESCO & Lecce
21 – 22 March 2022 21 March 2022 Day 100. A milestone. Triple digits. It didn’t even get its own post. Worse, day 101 is wrapped up in it as well. 101 is an important number. Dalmatians. Sorry, Niam. What would Jim Hawkins think of my laziness? “NOT long ago, there lived in London a…
Day 99 – Adriatic Coast
20 March 2022 Up early. Breakfast provided. We hit the road with no real plans. Follow the coast from village to village. The day is fine, the wind is cold. Locals tell us it is unseasonably cold. After the mild winter, we might be in for a cold spring. I have decided to live in…
Day 97 & 98 – On the road
18 & 19 March 2022 I have let the readers down. I promised daily updates and did not deliver. Barry pointed it out this morning. Apologies. 18 March 2022 Back on the road. We grab the hire car and head into the mountains. We plan to hit the coast just south of Pescara and work…
Day 96 – Steak
17 March 2022 I wake up and I feel like I have a hangover. Which is a shame, because I didn’t earn a hangover. If you feel like garbage in the morning, you at least deserve the enjoyment of the night before. My brain is working at about 70%. Coffee at the new regular. Three…
Day 95 – Surgeon
16 March 2022 Not much on today. A visit to the surgeon to find out what the next steps for Shell’s finger will be. Walk to Salavator Mundi International Hospital. Spring is here. The temperature is already in the mid-teens. It is nice to be in the sun wearing only a t-shirt. Obviously, I am…