June 2024. Bergamo. From San Marino we took the bus back to Rimini (fortified by the New Radicals “You Get What You Give”), the fast train to Milan (fortified by Tiramisu wafers), and then the slow local train to Bergamo, an hour spent worrying I should have exchanged my 6 euro on-line ticket for a… Continue reading “No real ale, it’s too hot” says Bergamo.
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TOP 100 PUBS – CABLE CAR BAR, SAN MARINO
June 2024. San Marino. You really need the “scratch and sniff” version of this blog (Patronised readers only) to fully appreciate the steepness of the hills from Low Town to High Town in San Marino. Or look on the 3D map view on Google yourselves. Mrs RM’s hotel pick (Hostaria da Lino, £59) is in… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – CABLE CAR BAR, SAN MARINO
SAN MARINO. “Rather magical, actually”.
If Rimini was unexpectedly brilliant, then we had great expectations of Mrs RM’s 41st European tick, largely based on Sirs Quinno and Doris; Our own view of the city was altogether different in the midsummer sunset. It had looked magical in the distance on the train from Milan, and the excitement on the bus was… Continue reading SAN MARINO. “Rather magical, actually”.
REMARKABLE RIMINI
June 2024. Rimini. San Marino was to be the big country tick, but we were almost as excited about a first visit to Rimini on the Italian east coast. I’d booked the bus out to San Marino in 3 hours time, surely enough to do justice to an unregarded seaside city of 149,000, smaller than… Continue reading REMARKABLE RIMINI
SCORING THE CASK AT MILAN CENTRAL STATION
June 2024. Milan. Day 3 of the micronation tickathon. From Milan we’d head to Rimini on the coast, and then to Mrs RM’s 41st and penultimate euro tick in San Marino. But first, let’s admire the central station for an hour, having given the Duomo and epic cemetery a miss. It’s a gem of a… Continue reading SCORING THE CASK AT MILAN CENTRAL STATION
JOHN SMITHS AT THE SAN SIRO
June 2024. Milan. Our lone night in Milan before trundling east to San Marino had us staring across at one of the world’s great football stadium. The first time we’d seen the San Siro in daylight, too, our previous visit coming in Christmas 1996 when Mrs RM and I turned up from Bologna at 8pm… Continue reading JOHN SMITHS AT THE SAN SIRO
THE OLD TENCONI, MILAN
June 2024. Vaduz – Milan. Day 2 of our 4 day raid on the micronations; a 4 hour coach ride from Vaduz into Milan, the UK equivalent of the train from Llandrindod Wells to Swansea, with the splendour of Lake Lugano and Flix Wi-Fi the highlights. Then umped at Lampugnano bus station, a seedy suburb… Continue reading THE OLD TENCONI, MILAN
VITAL VADUZ
June 2024. Vaduz. Liechtenstein. Monday morning in Liechtenstein, coach off to Milan in the afternoon, a few hours to see what makes Vaduz vital (or not). I’ll say this, they do a good healthy breakfast in that Youth Hostel. Fresh bread, a cheese board, bircher muesli with fruits, four espressos, and that view. Vaduz, like… Continue reading VITAL VADUZ
BEER AND “Zuckerbäcker Goop” NIGHT AT LIECHTENSTEIN YOUTH HOSTEL
June 2024. Schaan-Vaduz. Liechtenstein. You can stay in luxury in Bulgaria or Albania for £30 a night, but Mrs RM had to bust the budget to stay overnight as we completed the European micronations. This might be the most expensive youth hostel in the world, but luckily Mrs RM had booked a Sunday night for… Continue reading BEER AND “Zuckerbäcker Goop” NIGHT AT LIECHTENSTEIN YOUTH HOSTEL
LIECHTENSTEIN LICKED
June 2024. Vaduz. Liechtenstein. You’ll remember Mrs RM’s world map, the equivalent of my 2022 Good Beer Guide, and these little pins as precious as my marks in that GBG. Last weeks “4 nights in Europe” completed Mrs RM’s raid on the “micronations“, which is the travel equivalent of doing the pubs on Sark, Scilly… Continue reading LIECHTENSTEIN LICKED
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