Tam and Toby ~~ Hunting Zorba .....Take two.

[Northernraider]

Whats a Bargee ?

An onion

 

[Northernraider]

Was also a paper boy,,trainee retail manager and Bargee before i was 21..BUSBY.

Well then ye werenae a truck driver all yer working life lol
Jist maist o it.

 

[busby]

Well then ye werenae a truck driver all yer working life lol
Jist maist o it.

Most of my ADULT life then.. was a schoolboy once also BUSBY.

 

[busby]

Whats a Bargee ?

The operator/driver of a barge,,in case you dont know a Barge is a usually flat bottomed boat built originally for transporting goods on canals rivers and lakes.BUSBY

 

[TM59]

So at the minute im stopped in a very busy carpark near the swimming baths and sports centre.
Logic is that if its busy during the day it should be safe from breakins.
Theres one other Italian motorhome tucked over in the corner whereas ive plonked myself slap bang in the middle

I thought there was good number of Aree di Sosta's in Italy. Are they closed, to expensive, or for some other reason are you not using them. Maybe you are but not clear from your posts.

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[Northernraider]

Most of my ADULT life then.. was a schoolboy once also BUSBY.

Reminds me of my dad ....i mean he died at 60 , he was an ambulance driver from 1985 -1994 when he had his first heart attack age 54
Prior to that he was a miner for 19 years

But he told us loads of jobs he'd apparently had before that and he'd been in the army for some time also

We used to laugh because there wasnt many years between him being a school boy and 1966 when he must have started at the pits lol

 

[Northernraider]

I thought there was good number of Aree di Sosta's in Italy. Are they closed, to expensive, or for some other reason are you not using them. Maybe you are but not clear from your posts.

I tend to use mostly free aires and often just for the services. I Don't like being bunched in beside a lot of other vans if i can avoid it.

And most of the time they are as far or further away from where i want to visit as the carparks etc.
Like the official aire here for instance is just as far from the sights as where im parked

 

[Hymerbell]

It's certainly different.

I’ve found some decent stuff...vineyards at Nemea just south of Corinth...big wine region...there’s a wine tasting shop there that fills your plastic bottles with lovely wine at about €5.50 a litre..and if you’re clever you can taste a litres worth before you leave for free...some of the wine in the supermarkets is shocking, even stuff at €8 a bottle....had carafe of wine in a restaurant at Gytheio that I wouldn’t pickle onions in ..best wine I’ve found in supermarket is Averino...€2.75 a bottle...

 

[125BEER]

Supposed to be thunder storms and rain here tonight and tomorrow....just my luck
If it had been better in pisa id have just drove there in morning and returned here tomorrow night as supposed to be better on sunday ....but same weather in pisa tomorrow.

Cant bloody win

Hi mate,Pisa is a town of 2 sites,1 leaning and another next to it.The old part of pisa is interesting with good craft beers and food...there 2 years ago..Railway station full of migrants.Take care

 

[The Lord Squid]

Whats a Bargee ?

Off topic?

L'Atalante (1934)

Jean Vigo’s headily poetic portrait of young newlyweds on – and off – Michel Simon’s barge on the Seine.

www2.bfi.org.uk

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[chaser]

Just zoomed in on your park, and the town, must say I'd rather you walk in to that lot than me

 

[olley]

You won't believe this but we actually had tea in st marks Square with the violinist paradeing about, the works, cost us £25 for two cups of tea, but the atmosphere was out of this world.
Tam do not miss it now you are so close.

Sitting on my own in St Marks while the wife was shopping I had a small can of coke, he delivered it with a recept for €8! Wife comes back and says I will have one, don't sit down I said we are leaving.
That was 2005.

 

[Lenny HB]

Sitting on my own in St Marks while the wife was shopping I had a small can of coke, he delivered it with a recept for €8! Wife comes back and says I will have one, don't sit down I said we are leaving.
That was 2005.

I often wonder if they have a separate price list for locals in Venice.

 

[olley]

I often wonder if they have a separate price list for locals in Venice.

If you around the back streets prices aren't to bad.
Got pressured to go on a gondola by wife and daughter €70 I think from memory, 15 years later I can hardly remember going in it.

 

[chaser]

We did have a silver teapot each with more hot water, and milk all in silver, and I'm not complaining as we knew the price before hand.
But the prices seem to get better the further you go from the square, there is even a McDonald's a couple of streets back with near normal prices.
We useually eat on the other side of the Rialto bridge, where it is still fancy but better prices.

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[chaser]

If you around the back streets prices aren't to bad.
Got pressured to go on a gondola by wife and daughter €70 I think from memory, 15 years later I can hardly remember going in it.

Never been able to bring myself to pay for a gondola, but if we do manage to get there another time it's on my to do list.

 

[Lenny HB]

If you around the back streets prices aren't to bad.
Got pressured to go on a gondola by wife and daughter €70 I think from memory, 15 years later I can hardly remember going in it.

Yep had some good reasonable priced meals in the back streets

We were offered a deal on a gondola full trip for the price of the short trip. Of course we got the short trip, he wasn't happy when I refused to pay what he was asking.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Remember sitting in a St Mark's Square cafe - thought hang the expense, only here once, just have a coffee...
Then I noticed the price of a Bellini was only a €1 more...
What a brilliant choice, huge goblet of prosecco, peach liqueur, fresh peach served just as the little quartet started playing... magic.
So nice, we had a second

...better value, methinks, than the rest of the party who had a pizza slice whilst sat on a concrete wall.

 

[AnnK]

Remember sitting in a St Mark's Square cafe - thought hang the expense, only here once, just have a coffee...
Then I noticed the price of a Bellini was only a €1 more...
What a brilliant choice, huge goblet of prosecco, peach liqueur, fresh peach served just as the little quartet started playing... magic.
So nice, we had a second

...better value, methinks, than the rest of the party who had a pizza slice whilst sat on a concrete wall.

We did that for our silver wedding anniversary, it was expensive but it came with nibbles that were really good, and its something I still remember 6 years later

 

[Northernraider]

We did have a silver teapot each with more hot water, and milk all in silver, and I'm not complaining as we knew the price before hand.
But the prices seem to get better the further you go from the square, there is even a McDonald's a couple of streets back with near normal prices.
We useually eat on the other side of the Rialto bridge, where it is still fancy but better prices.

Well 2 silver teapots thrown in that makes all the difference.

Have you still got them?

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[chaser]

Well 2 silver teapots thrown in that makes all the difference.

Have you still got them?

Thought someone would say that after I read it again

 

[Northernraider]

So the weather forecast here for overnight and this morning was dreadful ... thunderstorms and rain apparently...
Well it rained a little overnight but not a lot and this morning started sunny and clear..

Not wanting to take chances i put my waterproof coat on anyway .... donned the surgical mask and off we went around 9.15 ....bit of a hike in to the centre ...by the time i got there i was sweating buckets ...still no sign of rain.

Its a busy city .....lots of folk about and lots of dogs which jade and milo enjoyed meeting .....

Its a beautiful city but so difficult to capture in photos ....theres beautiful buildings down every street ..... one of the bridges crossing the river has jewellery and gold shops its entire length on both sides

Abundance of looky looky men ...one grabbed my hand and put a bracelet on me saying its for free ....asked where i was from then tried to tell me he had visited Scotland etc etc

When i tried to leave he started asking for money lol ...i had none on me ...not even any change as i forgot my wallet in the van

Suddenly the bracelet was no longer free ha ha

This old woman was walking past and for no reason what so ever milo barked and lunged at her ...she screamed dropped her shopping bag then started rabbiting on in italian flapping her arms about ....i said scusi and scarpered quick

So we got back to toby around 12.25 just got in and the rain started so we were lucky...but because it was so warm and i was wearing my jacket im wet anyway from sweating like a madman
I was constantly mopping my brow.

So heres the photos i did take .....im going to try and park across the river at Palazzi Michaelangelo on way out the city to get photos as its apparently a view point

 

[15edward]

above Palazzo Michelangelo is a monastery (https://www.visitflorence.com/florence-churches/san-miniato.html)
my over riding memory of Florence is listening to The Gregorian Chanting by the monks
that and the cell fresco paintings by Fra Angelica

 

[Langtoftlad]

Probably no good as you have pups, but there's a department store with a cafe on the roof with fab views over the cathedral... and too late.

At least the weather & Covid has reduced the crowds - it was mad when I went

Hope the weather is good enough for a clear view over the city [and yet another copy of "David"]

 

[StephandJohn]

We went there in June 2 years ago and it was mad and horribly packed with hordes of tourists - particularly rude and aggresive Chinese.. You couldn't even get a coffee or an ice cream unless you paid a fortune.
Really put us off but seeing the beautiful pictures made us want to see it properly.

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[Northernraider]

Probably no good as you have pups, but there's a department store with a cafe on the roof with fab views over the cathedral... and too late.

At least the weather & Covid has reduced the crowds - it was mad when I went
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Hope the weather is good enough for a clear view over the city [and yet another copy of "David"]

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Judging by the weather right now i dont think i will as its chucking it down now.

 

[busby]

Judging by the weather right now i dont think i will as its chucking it down now.

Are you chasing crap weather or is it chasing you . Glad you didn't come to Spain,,Scorcher again today.
Shall be sorry to go home,,BUSBY.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Judging by the weather right now i dont think i will as its chucking it down now.

You are Charlie Brown... and I claim my £5

 

[busby]

You are Charlie Brown... and I claim my £5

Good news for Tam is that the forecast for Greece the first week of Nov is decent..BUSBY.

 

[Langtoftlad]

forecast for Greece

You need the "Tam" forecast

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