I arrived safely. The view from my full length window is OK!
The plane trip was uneventful. The first Thai Airways plane was old but with more leg room than I’ve had in a while. I dozed most of the time. The new airport at Bangkok is, I think, a very sterile concoction of glass, steel and very uncomfortable plastic grey chairs. Fortunately I was able to use my second leg boarding pass to get into a lounge. From Bangkok to Milan I enjoyed 5 hours solid sleep and then off and on. I will decide later whether it was worth the extra money. The bus into the city, train to Rimini, change to another train to Pesaro, walk about 1 km to bus stop, bus to Urbino, walk about 1 km to hotel all went smoothly enough.
I am not sure how sound proof this room is – the bells of the church seem to chime the number on the hour and then at each quarter hour after they chime the number followed by a different sounding bell once at ¼ past, 2 times at ½ past and 3 times at ¾ past. That is a lot of bells every hour.
The site where I post this blog seems to know I am in Italy and thinks I want all the instructions in Italian. I wonder what it will do when I post it or when you come to read it?
5 comments:
Good to hear you got there ok. Nice view.
Post is in English.
by me, by the way.
kjp
Great that you got there safely mum!
Have a fantastic time :)
Love CP
It would be great if I could suddenly be fluent in Italian - but I suspect that I'm not! (definately English)Glad that you got there safely, love you Mumsie!
Hi Sue, Welcome to Italy! I hope it will provide lots of food for the soul. I just got back to London after spending a few days with Mum and Dad in Florence and just loved it, it is so wonderful to have real Italian pasta and coffee after having the Australian version for so many years (not that the Australian version isn't good but there's nothing quite like the Italian version!) Very much looking forward to seeing you in a week and a half, have a wonderful time exploring and getting a feel for the country and its people and we'll be drinking Chianti together soon....ciao and lots of love, Jenny x
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