Monday in Cremona

Hello there

We are having turns today. Mike took ages so I'll just add a brief comment.

The trip to Torino had it's moments. While we were on the secondary roads we were able to appreciate the scenery - it went on and on (not like NZ where you are looking at something totally different around the next corner!) When we approached villages and towns the streets narrowed and we had to keep our wits about us or else we'd find ourselves on the wrong road. Thanks to Mike's great sense of direction we were usually OK. I'm getting better as the map reader and coping more with the drivers attacking from the right!

Finding the hotel, as Mike said, was a challenge. We'd booked it on the internet the day before so we were committed to getting there. (They had our details!) It was good - the guy 'Fabio' (yes that was his real name!) spoke English well and was extremely helpful. We walked from 9 am 'til 8 pm that day. Must be getting fit by now.

We used the autostrada to get to Cremona - very fast and efficient!

Cremona is lovely. We are running out of superlatives to describe the sights we are seeing. Each place has suprises. Who would have thought that we would have chanced upon the place with the tallest bell tower in Europe. Mike has great video of the veiws from the top.

The hotel here was right in the middle of the sights - so it was a bit more expensive. We have learned however, that this is not necessarily the best place to get a good nights sleep! Noisey!!

Next we are off to see where Romeo and Juliet lived and loved. I'll try and add a couple of pictures of Cremona.

Cheers
Kerry