Monthly Archives: April 2013

THURSDAY 27TH DECEMBER 2012. MANAROLA Today I stayed at the apartment on my own.  I wanted a day to myself writing and painting and watching the doings of the village. Our apartment is on the second floor and from the … Continue reading →

WEDNESDAY 26TH DECEMBER 2012. Riomaggiore The church bells stopped ringing at 10-00pm and didn’t start again until 6-00am so we had a good night’s sleep. We took the train to the seaside town of Riomaggiore, a truly medieval village with … Continue reading →

TUESDAY 25TH DECEMBER 2012. Christmas Day around Monterosso  Last night, as would be expected, there was a lot of church activity in the village. The bells of the church next to our apartment were getting a full-on workout, not only … Continue reading →

SUNDAY 23RD DECEMBER 2012. Around Monterosso Today until 3-00pm I stayed indoors writing while Bev and our hosts went walking.  The hold up with postings is not so much on my part with regards writing nor with Bev editing and … Continue reading →

SATURDAY 22ND DECEMBER 2012. Train  to Vernazza and a walk back to Monterosso.  This morning we awoke to a clear blue sky. In light of it being a sunny day our hosts decided we should execute the plan devised last … Continue reading →

FRIDAY 21ST DECEMBER 2012. BERN TO THE CINQUE TERRE  ITALY Today we took a train to Monterosso in northern Italy for the Christmas New Year period.  We are in the company of Rahel, her husband Michi, baby Emma and Rahel’s … Continue reading →