Week 21 Zurich
to Rome
Day 1
Day 1
B: Iced Coffee and a Ham roll for the train trip.
L: Snacks on the train.
D: Found a small restaurant near where we were staying,
offering a 3 course meal for 15 euro, so I sampled the Bruschetta, toasted
bread, with tomato, rocket and parmesan cheese, a lasagne, which was a bit dry
for my liking, followed by a vanilla ice cream yoghurt with chocolate topping.
Not quite the Italian meal I had hoped for but it was still ok, rating 7.5.
Bruschetta |
B: Coffee and croissant
L: Did the 24 hour hop on hop off bus tour to orientate
ourselves with Rome, so a simple salami cheese and tomato baguette and a
strawberry yoghurt.
D: Went for a take away meal, chicken and tomato flavoured
rice croquettes and a Tomato buffalo mozzarella cheese and rocket pizza, both
were just ok, rating 7.0, followed by a supermarket bought Gelati, lemon and
strawberry, which was superb, rating 8.5.
Takeaway Pizza and Croquettes |
B: Cappuccino and croissant
L: Ham and salad roll and yoghurt.D: Spaghetti bolognaise, just an average pasta dish, rating 7.0.
Day 4 Rome to Naples
B: Cappuccino and chocolate croissant
L: Snacks and fruit on train.D: Snacks prosciutto, cheese and fruit
Day 5 Naples
B: Buffet breakfast at hotel Tiempo, huge selection, very
satisfying.
L: After big breakfast, just cracker biscuits
D: Dinner at restaurant at Hotel Tiempo, starters were,
bruschetta, tuna and tomato on bread, followed by basil, tomato and pesto
pasta, main meal was a grilled pork sausage with fresh chips and a pea puree, a
much better Italian meal, accompanied y
a great white wine, a very pleasant meal, rating 8.0.
Day 6 Naples to Rome
B: Buffet at Hotel Tiempo.
L: Mortadello and cheese Panini..
D: Preceded dinner with 4 very cold large Heineken beers, as
I don’t like any Italian beers, and after a hot day at Pompeii, the previous
day and a train trip, I needed rehydrating, just what Dr Tony ordered, rating
8.5. For dinner we found another 15 euro offering so gave Rome another chance,
and this time had, Bruschetta, this time with buffalo mozzarella and basil,
followed by a decent Gnocchi with bolognaise sauce, desert was again a
supermarket gelati, pistachio and chocolate, topped off a good meal well,
rating 8.0.
B: Coffee and croissant.
L: Snacks and fruit on train.
D: We had spotted a 15 euro 3 course offering, this time it
was, cold meat platter of prosciutto, salami, mortadello and pork Braun
sausage, followed by a much improved lasagne and finished off with an almond
magnum, good meal, rating 8.0.
Week 22
Day 1 Bologna
Day 1 Bologna
B: Buffet breakfast at Hotel, again a great selection.
L: After big brekky, just had cracker biscuits with tomato
and cucumber.
D: After so much European food, we found an old friend a
Chinese restaurant, and I had Wonton Noodle soup for starters, followed by
spicy roast duck and rice and desert was a gelati bought at a gelati shop this
time, hazelnut and vanilla, topped of a spicy meal very well, rating 8.0
B: Buffet at Hotel
L: Cracker biscuits.
D: Dined at the restaurant, again 3 course meal for 15 euro,
entrée was a polenta with zucchini in it, topped with a tomato, basil and
Spanish onion sauce and a twist of lemon juice, for my main meal I had the
grilled fish which was 2 generous white flesh fillets cooked to perfection,
served with a combination of salad and veges, i.e. lettuce, cucumber, tomato, Spanish onion, and zucchini and a
grilled peach and pear, it was an unusual combination but it worked a treat.
Desert was the buffet part, and the choice was huge, settled on chocolate
mousse, panacotta with strawberries, and fruit salad. This meal put food in
Italy back on the pedestal it deserves, rating 8.5-9.0. The meal was also served with a splendid
white wine which the waiter conveniently left the bottle at our table, instead
of just a glass, must have been because we are Aussies and told him how good
our wines are.
B: Buffet at Hotel
L: Snacks on trainD: Margarita Pizza, just average , rating 6.5
Day 4 Venice
B: OJ, Coffee Bread roll and Croissant
L: Salami, cheese and fresh rolls, fruit and chocolate
gelati
D: Found a local restaurant, had smoked salmon in a cream
sauce, with penne pasta, followed by a grilled sea bream with a fresh garden
salad, overall a very enjoyable meal, raying 8.0.
Desert Buffet |
Day 5 Venice to Munich
B: OJ. Bread rolls, croissants and Coffee
L: Cheese and salami, bread rolls, and 2 Ottakringer lager
beers, served nice and cold, rating 8.0.
D: Arrived late, so opted for a takeaway, chose, a lamb shank
with rice and vegetable stew, quite tasty for a take away, rating 7.5.
Coop Gelati |
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