A beautiful day in San Marino Looking forward to a wonderful day in San Marino was on the “to do” list for us. Lots of driving we have been doing so far in Italy, so it feels good to stop and “smell the roses”, per se. Planning out our day was easy. The castle, some…
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Square of Miracles – Cathedral and Baptistery
The Cathedral The end of our long day came to an end at the Cathedral and the Baptistery. The Square of Miracles is beautiful. However, I can only imagine during “tourist” season how incredibly full of people it becomes. It was crowded when we were there and I don’t believe that was “tourist season”. In…
Medieval Wall in Pisa
Who knew? I mean when we were looking up stuff to do, the regular tourist stuff, this super cool medieval wall just did not hit the radar. We saw it. While up on the leaning tower of Pisa, we saw it. Just kind of looked like an old wall at first ending off to our…
Balvenie Castle
Balvenie Castle. Near enough for a day drive from Aberdeen. I did make it to my B&B and it was a wonderful sleep and delicious breakfast. Off I went, after Dave parked my car for me the night before… I tell you after this trip, I am so much more confident driving on the left…
Dunnottar Castle
Dunnottar Castle was incredible. I have to say, incredible! Read a little on the history. https://www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk/ https://www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk/2018/03/17/origins-of-dunnottar-castle/ I drove there from Ryton, near Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was a long drive, but it was nice. I was able to hone my skills on the “stick shift” car on the left side of the road with a…
Driving with Sat Nav or Google Maps
This post will be my personal opinion of Sat Nav vs. Google Maps. Please note that I have only used Google Maps in the United States and in Scotland and a part of England, therefore when I go to Italy and try this out, I hope it is the same great results! This is not…
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Well, after my three days in Edinburgh, it was time to pick up the rental car and do some mileage towards Newcastle Upon Tyne. I have posted about Newcastle in my 2016 trip, but this time, I was driving, with a Sat Nav and Google Maps. Here goes my test theory on which one was…