I thought pic1 post27 was of a urinal! Stayed in Levanto in/near the Cinque Terra years ago, way less touristy than the Amalfi coast, more for Italian tourists. There was a train back then. Captivating region!
Wifey B: Perspective is so funny. In Buffalo, an old home building was built in 1890's to 1920's. In NC, 1930's. In TX, 1960's, in Arizona, 1970's.
But then you travel Europe and it's 1800's and occasionally even 1700's. Then some older. A reminder how young the US really is as a nation.
So true, but even more-so if you come to Aus or NZ..!
The picture below was taken on our drive from Sweden to France in order to meet up with our boat. Specifically the location was Germany. From a timeline perspective, it should have been the start of this thread. I could not bring myself to start this thread with this topic, however. But it does deserve comment -- so here it is. My, oh my. What has our world come to when a urinal requires a reboot!?!???
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Long ago I did a business trip to Sydney, but we do hope to come boat in both Australia and New Zealand one day. Either charter or ship a boat to the area. We are lovers of the countries and often feel close to Australians in attitude and lifestyle.
We plan to be in Bastia - Port Toga 23-29 May. Expect we will rent a car and drive around the island for a few days, using our boat in Port Toga as a base.Nice ScottC, do you plan to come in Corsica ?
Ok, if you sail on the west coast, perhaps you'll see us !
Viareggio is a large, fairly modern marina at a beach resort location with some stunning early 20th century beach-resort architecture. Deco.
Viareggio is also the home to a number of well-known super yacht builders, including Benetti.
We loved Viareggio and all the nearby area. In addition to Benetti, builders there include Sanlorenzo, Mangusta, and Fipa (with Maiora and AB and CBI-Navi), plus large yards like Francesco Del Carlo and Codecasa and that's just the ones I remember. We were there once in early 2020 and four times last year. Took delivery there.
We actually spent the first couple of nights wandering around the "wrong" side of town. Local and a bit "gritty". We dined on local dishes at astonishingly cheap prices. We only realized how cheap when we discovered the "right" side of town a bit later, where it cost twice as much to dine on far less interesting and far less tasty dishes. We liked the fact that on the "wrong" side of town, decent tasting table wine often cost less than, for example a Coca Cola !!! Not much more expensive than diesel...
Bring your own bottle!
Saw this device at the local supermarket in Marina di Grosseto.
€1.99/liter, filling your own bottles with table wine. It could very well be ok, but I have not tried (yet?)...
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Scott, it looks like you are having a great time cruising in those beautiful places. It makes me a bit envious - envious, not jealous. Enjoy..! That tower does indeed, lean, doesn't it..? Quite a bit in fact. Loving those photos..!