100's of years of Café culture. I thought it was a modern thing.
Cafes seating outwards. To see and be seen
Expresso coffee. Rocket fuel
Baguettes - shops. Carrying them
Lunch at Place Monge markets. market. Toms, baguette, smelly cheese.
Stuffing baguettes. Need strong finger to make and widen a hole to put the gear in. Then eat.
Lovely breakfast - breads and café ole
Beer and Rose
Saturday night I went out for a beer at the Canadian Place and at the student place. Walked around
Walk and metro back to St Michels. Nice dinner there.
Over to Sacre Coeur Cathedral. Excellent stain glass windows. Veronica uncomfortable…..Walked around Montmartre. Had a Beer and Rose and spoke to a local. Veronica introduced to cigarettes.
T met V at entre George Pompidou (Musee National d'Art Moderne) but closed for strike. V took us to Café Oz. Ate at a place near Café. Bus to Eiffel Tower, saw night lights of Paris as well as Tower.
Lots of stalls setting up. Got baguette where students were lining up. Met Aussies in Q. I wanted to eat in bus shelter as no traffic because police had blocked road. Went to Victor Hugo Place (Place des Vosges) instead. Amazing space.
Missed train by a minute. Had dinner at Vernon. Pizza nice.
1650 Aix-En-Provence Town Ville (square). Beer and Rose plus olives. Oo la la.
wandered around in Aix. Beer and Rose but no olives.
Diner at restaurant. Huge plates. My bouef still mooing.
Bought lunch at providores in the market from old Nuns.
Beer and Rose at little café. Now 7 people out from, 6 aussies. Then lady from Hazelbrook!!
Walked to Menton via the ancient paths that joined these villages. Most of it still exists and some has been re-done. Got lost so ended up on roadsides. Had lunch together at seaside café - ice creams and beer and rose. Walked along promenade, visited a toilet Nazi (only 0.5E). Got Liam an Olympic Lyon shirt that he was after.
Restaurant booked out. Convention people from Monaco coming up. Had pizza from the van that comes 4 nights a week and parks where locals come down to it. Fantastic pizza like lavash bread then lumps of vege or whatever. Only 2 or 3 ingredients on each. We had 2, then went back for another one.
Slept in till about 9:30. don't know why! Had brekkie and coffee at the little café down the road (did not have brekkie at the Hotel)
Dinner at La Dame Jeanne restaurant. Roquebrune has 4 or 5 top restaurants and gets lots of people from outside to come.
Another late start and had brekkie at Deux Frères'.
Exquisite dinner. Fireworks just for us. Old Tim is troubled by the cost of dinner. So am I but this is a very special night.
Veronica was suggested to travel First Class. Bought ticket to Desenzano via Genoa and Milan. Walked down to Italian Riviera at Ventimiglia and had a beer and rose. Could see French Riviera. Met 'Pat's friends' on station at Ventimiglia.
Walked along Lake Garda edge towards Desenzano. Very pebbly and lots of private areas closed off. Saw leather woman tanning her pancakes. Saw Suzie Q mullet about 10 feet long at the back. What's with all the dogs! Saw blokes with dog slings. Just choke the fuckers. Tried to work out how to get to Sirmione in the morning.
Another sleep in. Good. Breakfast including cornflakes. Not many people at the hostel.
Dinner at hotel. Chef/waiter was very speedy. Only 4 of us eating. Ate one course and took last chew and plate taken away and next course in. Chef stood next to us watching us chew with a smile on our faces. Looking for thanks. I think it was nice, maybe it was sad.
Breakfast in hotel. Now I am no chef, but I think I can boil eggs. The whole basket of eggs was uncooked, except the first one Veronica took. Mgr came over and checked as well. Then went away to bash Manuel. Had to laugh, no good to cry.
Toilet Nazi, this one .8E because it is a UNESCO site . First view of Venice out of Venezia St Lucia is the Grand Canal. Amazing like a movie. Had to ask how to get to Villa Casanova on Lido Island. First dinner crap in the main street was frozen lasagne crap. Has second dinner later at the Pizza bar near the canal which was very nice. How about the mozzies in the room!
Brekkie at the Casanova was a great starter.
Had dinner at recommended 'Africa' very good. I went to a bar and watched a bit of a Serie A game. Was snippets from each game, so it jumped over when something was happening. Non-stop entertainment.
Ferry to Murano looking for glass factory. Advised to get off at Faro but wrong wharf and could not find the factory. Got off ferry coming back at St Elena park on main island. Had beer o'clock looking across to main lagoon. Magnificent.
Church near Guggenheim (St Maria de Salute) was great. Went back to the Villa by 4:0pm. We slept for hours, then went out for dinner at 10:0pm back to Africa.
Great brekkie again. Aussies again. AFL Grand Final being finished as we ate. Relayed via mother in hospital dying f cancer!
Had dinner at ….
Junk sellers today with lots of umbrellas. Where is there warehouse? Had nice sandwich and a coffee for 4.30E in a quiet café away from the tourists.
Veronica's day trip included morning in Sienna, lunch at the wine estate Poggio Alloro, San Gimignano, Chianti countryside drive, and Pisa.
Nice brekkie again. Checked out and got a photo of the owners with Koala. Easy train trip to Rome. 3 hours, first stop. Knew by now to get on train early, and use 'between seat' luggage storage.
Dinner a couple of blocks away at …… Only us and another couple in. Very nice vegetable soup had by Vo. Made by mama.
Metro back home, then went to same restaurant for dinner.
