Redsquirrel's 'Striving For Better Days' Diary

boredofbeingathome

OO totally sighs with jealousy. I went interailing around Italy when i was 2o, with my fiance at the time, ( he was the first fiance) We went to Vienna, Rimini, florence and generally mooched around Northern italy..great fun, and they put us all to shame with their wonderful grasp of English. We met up with a Swedish couple who were doing the whole of Europe and going over to the Spanish islands, by ferry after they had worked their way around...
sounds like a good plan, enjoy every minute of it.

redsquirrel80

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

OO totally sighs with jealousy. I went interailing around Italy when i was 2o, with my fiance at the time, ( he was the first fiance) We went to Vienna, Rimini, florence and generally mooched around Northern italy..great fun, and they put us all to shame with their wonderful grasp of English. We met up with a Swedish couple who were doing the whole of Europe and going over to the Spanish islands, by ferry after they had worked their way around...
sounds like a good plan, enjoy every minute of it.

Sounds lovely - will be my first time in Italy and already planning to go back as we've only got 5-6 days there.

Have just booked the airport bus - got nearly all the way through then remembered that National Express are on Quidco so had to hunt out and delete the cookies and do it again.. all for 30p cashback :rotfl:

boredofbeingathome

Its got to be done, 30p is 30p!

Karmacat

Yep, that might be the 30p that means you can have a cup of coffee one day instead of suffering caffeine withdrawal!

I loved interrailing - on my first trip, I went up as far as Norway, then right through northern Italy down into Greece. My second, I didn't go as far, but went all over Sicily, it was wonderful, kept away from what tourist hotspots there were then, except Etna, it was brilliant.

RS, hope you have a great time - upload piccies when you're back!

redsquirrel80

Karmacat wrote: »

Yep, that might be the 30p that means you can have a cup of coffee one day instead of suffering caffeine withdrawal!

I loved interrailing - on my first trip, I went up as far as Norway, then right through northern Italy down into Greece. My second, I didn't go as far, but went all over Sicily, it was wonderful, kept away from what tourist hotspots there were then, except Etna, it was brilliant.

RS, hope you have a great time - upload piccies when you're back!

Oh yep, there'll be lots of photos I'm sure! Just having a giggle at some of the reviews on hostel site, sure some people expect 5* luxury for £15 a night! Once that's booked we have everything organised, and I can just count the days (24 from today!)...

What's Norway like? I've been to Sweden so I guess kind of similar.. loved it there.

redsquirrel80

What a lazy day... left work early, got bus home.. checked up on my poor neglected garden and found that everything has sprouted well over the weekend.. I even picked a few things....



My first potatoes, some lettuce and a giant spring onion, very proud of my babies... but cruel enough to eat them Just had a 'starter' of tiny baked potatoes with salad (really pathetic picture compared to some of the culinary delights on Old Style lol)...




.. and got some spicy tomato soup cooking using the onion. Gosh it's lovely eating stuff you've just picked...

Ooh I also dropped into the library before I got the bus, got a couple of websites to look at - the salsa one I saw last week, and a local organic farm who do day courses.

redsquirrel80

Why am I posting pictures of my tea.. I have no idea... but anyway, spicy tomato soup made with homegrown onion...

skint_spice

well done - it looks lovely.

boredofbeingathome

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

What a lazy day... left work early, got bus home.. checked up on my poor neglected garden and found that everything has sprouted well over the weekend.. I even picked a few things....



My first potatoes, some lettuce and a giant spring onion, very proud of my babies... but cruel enough to eat them Just had a 'starter' of tiny baked potatoes with salad (really pathetic picture compared to some of the culinary delights on Old Style lol)...




.. and got some spicy tomato soup cooking using the onion. Gosh it's lovely eating stuff you've just picked...

Ooh I also dropped into the library before I got the bus, got a couple of websites to look at - the salsa one I saw last week, and a local organic farm who do day courses.

Do you know i nearly misread that as lay courses:rotfl: :rotfl: I thought you were going to keep chickens:rolleyes:

boredofbeingathome

I can't see the piccies though!