We were ready to stop travelling for a few days and make the most of Mark and Maria’s lovely home in Camallera. The house is about 10 minutes from the Mediterranean and has views of the Pyrenees mountains. Since we last visited a pool has been installed in the garden and we were all set for some R&R after our adventures. We had just one pressing objective, laundry!
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We arrived in Rome, found the bus stop, found the bus and found the hotel without missing a beat, very satisfying. A nice hotel in a smart mews in the Flaminia district NE of the centre of Rome. The helpful, Italian receptionist welcomed us and asked for our passports for registration, she noticed Maidenhead marked as Marks place of birth and said “I know Maidenhead, there is a very good Italian shop there”. We knew straight away she meant the shop one street over from Marks childhood home which he has known nearly all his life! The receptionist said she had lived in Staines but all the Italians went to that shop. It’s a small world.
Thursday was earmarked for the journey from Palermo to Syracuse a six hour journey with a change in Messina. Our hotel in Palermo was very close to the station so our departure was very straight forward, except the train was running 10 minutes late and we had 10 minutes to make the connection in Messina. We got in touch with Byway by our dedicated WhatsApp customer service connection to check what would happen if we missed the next train. Hebe at Byway identified two later trains and promised to be on hand if we needed her to change our reservation, that took all the stress from the situation.
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The ferry trip from Naples was smooth and quiet, we went to bed looking forward to a good night’s sleep and out arrival in Palermo scheduled for 10am the following morning. All was well untill a tannoy announcement at 6am announcing that we would be docking at 7.20am and all cabins should be vacated before arrival. Scramble!!
We left Shaftesbury and drove the two hours to Oxford to meet the train. All was going well until the last 2 miles when the traffic stopped and crawled forward. We finally got there just in time to met Terry and Jenny. As the traffic was bad we decided to use the park and ride near by to travel into the city; this was a new concept for our visitors. Continue reading Oxford
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