We took a break to sleep in at our rainforest hotel and did not get picked up until 10 am. We had to drive from Fran Josef, home of the Fran Josef Glacier to the town right next to the…
A Bit of Catching Up
Last we posted we were aboard the ferry on our journey across the Cook’s Strait from North Island to Picton on the South Island. First stop after driving off the ferry was lunch at a winery, but of course. Then…
Rotorua
First use of the rain gear this morning. We toured the Te Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley. Remember talking about how the WH letter combination is pronounced as F, well it turns out this is the start of the fun with letters.…
Firth of Thames, Coromandel, Whitianga and a Homemade Train
One thing we learned from our companion-guide-driver Alex is that we may never get the pronunciations of NZ locales right. They do have some special pronunciation rules, such as the Wh in a word like Whitianga, a lovely vacation city…
Roma
Our last morning at Ercole was a chance to talk with Valentina, MariaGrazia, Nonna and Lelo one more time. Pictures were taken and Nonna instructed which lemons should picked from the tree to give to Bonnie as a parting gift.…
Mama Agata’s Day
THE one event in Amalfi that I was most excited about ever since we started planning the trip was our day at Mama Agata’s. It was a cooking demonstration, no actual cooking from the “guests” but lessons nonetheless from a…
Sunday in Amalfi
We had arranged for a full day driver/guide to take us around the region of the Amalfi Coast on Sunday. Having been on the roads around Amalfi once before, on a bus from the cruise ship, we knew we did…
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