Toggen Blog

Currently in Cologne Germany visiting friends. Wife is shopping. I am sitting in Starbucks taking advantage of the free WiFi. Just climbed to the top of a big church. It's 157m high. Amazing stonework and stained glass. Going to find my wife and her friend now she...

I haven't really been blogging much re the trip. Too busy being a tourist. Praiano was lovely and we did a lot of stuff. We had a good and classy apartment. Great views Positano. Walked about 11km's from Praiano to Positano and enjoyed a beer with Pete. Then returned...

Arrived at Salerno at 12:30ish. Seems they close the shops between 2-4. The leather shop we wanted was already shut just after 1PM. But you know what they say "when in Salerno do as the Salernians do" Next stop Rome via Eurostar.

Praiano is nestled on a hill on the Amalfi coast. Its all Terraced gardens and rendered stone houses. I now understand more the way the expatriate Italians in Aus build because I've now seen so many examples in Italy. Went to Pompeii yesterday. Very extensive well...

Well worth going to. Dubrovnik has a massive Castle and a stone work Town inside. It is bordered by sea and is uber picturesque. Caught a bus from our accommodation overlooking the Ferry Port for 10KN each. For those with an engineering background KN is _not_...

Korcula. What a suprise! From Hvar we were treating Korcula as a necessary stop on the way to Dubrovnik. And so only planned one night and then leave on the bus in the morning. But Korcula is lovely. A small Promontory which houses the old town and ancient buildings...