If you hire a car at Pisa airport where the rental company has a policy of returning the car with a full tank of fuel you may find it virtually impossible to fill up the fuel tank of your rental car. When we were on our way to the airport on a Saturday afternoon, the [...]
Economy Car Hire are offering a 10% discount on bookings made online for Spain and her islands during July and August 2008, if you book before the 11 June. Alpujarras by traskas I’ve used Economy Car Hire twice and rate them highly as they have a no excess policy, unlike some other so called “inclusive” [...]
You can read the June 2008 edition of the Europe Travel Carnival at Heather on her Travels. A big thank you to Heather for hosting the carnival. There were a couple of posts about Rome one of my favourite European capitals. Heather talks abut her two visits to Rome one as child with her family [...]
We spent the last week of May 2008 in Tuscany and Umbria in Italy. I’d expect the average temperature at that time of year to be in the mid to low 20 degrees celsius with the odd shower or period of rain. Instead for the first few days the temperature was into the mid 30s. [...]
We were amazed by the number and intricacy of the inflorata or pictures made from flower petals which covered the streets of the Tuscan village of Fucecchio. The floral pictures lay in then centre of streets through which the Corpus Domimi Communion Procession wound its way up the church. Sometimes getting lost can pay off. [...]
