Recycling is prolific in Tuscany. I don’t know if it is in all of Italy. We saw a news story about garbage piling up for months in the streets of Naples. They have nowhere to put the trash and they don’t recycle! Apparently the locals have resisted a landfill for years. It’s getting to the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Italian food’
Sat, May 10th: Lucca (Day 23)
Posted in Europe trip journal, Italy, tagged ancient church, Italian food, Italy, Lucca, recycling, slow Italian trains, Tuscany on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sun, May 11th: San Gimignano (Day 24)
Posted in Europe trip journal, Italy, tagged hike, Italian food, Italy, San Gimignano, Tuscany on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Today we planned on going for another hike on the north side of town, but we had no real plans. We headed out on Via Dante towards Strada at 1130, looking at the massive roses on the side of the busy road. The loop we were following fortunately took a right off the main road [...]
Mon, May 12th: Volterra (Day 25)
Posted in Europe trip journal, Italy, tagged alabaster, Bus, food portions, Italian bathrooms, Italian food, Italy, tiramisu, Tuscany, Volterra on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Italian bathrooms tend to be different from other European bathrooms I’ve seen. Many have an old-fashioned tank on the wall above your head with a string to pull or a metal rod to push up for flushing. Public and restaurant bathrooms have foot pedals for controlling the sink water. That’s a smarter way to do [...]
