Tag: Apennines

Austria, Great Roads, Italy, Switzerland, Travel

Toilets 2 – in Europe – The 9 Rules For Peeing On Holiday

The 9 Rules for peeing on holiday… RULE ONE always know where your nearest food outlet is that might be big enough to have a toilet you can use RULE TWO be prepared to spend 3 euros on a cup of coffee you don’t need that will only make you want to pee again sooner rather than later RULE THREE wear suitable…

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Italy, Travel

Beaten by the Sassi – Sasso Simone e Simoncello – Apennine Mountains

We don’t EVER like to accept defeat, but our desire to stay alive won against our desire to climb the Sassi. These trails beat us not once, but twice, (and then again a year later!) We were hiking In the Apennine Mountains in Italy, and the trail that beat us was in the Parco Naturale Regionale del Sasso Simone e…

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Great Roads, Italy, Travel

My Favourite Italian Roads and Passes (Not Full of Tourists) Part One.

You could just head to the Dolomites or the Stelvio for your next Italian road trip.  Or, you could try some lesser known roads for lovers of driving or riding that I have discovered (sometimes by accident). Don’t get me wrong, the above alluded-to passes are some of my favourite Italian roads but they can be very busy in the…

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