We were docked in Piombino, a town neither of us had heard of before today. Across from us were what looked like a some abandoned industrial buildings. Lorries that looked like toys from our vantage point in the ship were constantly offloading rubble onto ships. Not the scenic delights we were expecting. However, once we’d taken a free coach to the town, we realised this was a quiet and elegant little town.
What we’ll remember:
- The heat! And this from the man who thought, before he left UK, that he might need a couple more layers because, well, it was October!
- Bumping into an Indian family while we were checking out an open air market. This happened to us quite often!
- In that same market we found an English man selling tables of forks and knives from a market stall.
- Kids zooming about on electric scooters.
- Bruschetta served on a wooden plate outdoors from a restaurant.
- Washing down the food with an Aperol Spritz for Scamp and a lemon flavoured local beer. Sounds awful, but was really refreshing.
PoD was a view down a narrow lane looking out to sea. Lots of narrow lanes in these small towns. Check the street lights.
Tomorrow we’re heading to Monaco home of the Rich and Famous.