In Florence

We are in Florence after three nights in Sorrento. It has been long between internet access and now we just paid for some time in an internet caffé. I also left the cable for the camera in Leon so new photos will have to wait until we get to Sweden.

Florence is sunny and warm. Today we will be going to the Uffizi gallery, and tonight we are heading out for dinner at Baldevino. We have had some great food while in Italiy, and have managed to stay away from the not so great tourist trap restaurants. The wine is ok, but then we are usually getting the house wine so we are not expecting anything spectacular. Maybe we will splurge tonight and get something nicer.

Ok the time is running out here. Ciao!

In Fondi, after two nights in Rome

When flying out from Barcelona (or Girona), probably about 75% of the flights were cancelled. Ours was not. Nor was the airport very crowded. I guess people actually stayed away from the airport if their flight was cancelled. So we arrived in Rome without any problems, feeling pretty lucky considering how many people that was stuck.

Rome was busy. Lots of everything. We had a really nice dinner, in a restaurant recommended by Rick Steves, thank you Rick! But his nightmare description of how it is to cross a street in Rome was quite an exageration. Traffic is busy but drivers are still fairly considerate and are not actually trying to hit tourists.

We are now in Fondi. It is raining. We will see if there is a nice place to have some dinner tonight. I would like to sample some of the local wine, if possible.

Some photos from León

Some Photos from Salamanca

Below are some photos from our stay in Salamanca.

In Salamanca, Spain

We arrived in Salamanca in the afternoon yesterday. We missed our connecting flight from Paris to Madrid (due to very thorough and slow security) but managed to get another flight pretty soon. In this way we still got to the airport in Madrid in time to catch the bus to Salamanca.

Yesterday we went to El Pony Pisador, a restaurant I used to go to when studying in Salamanca about 10 years ago. It still looks exactly the same, and has a Lord of the Rings theme. El Pony Pisador means The Prancing Pony for you fellow Tolkien fans out there. Photos to follow. Now onto a proper site seeing in Salamanca!