Up early again. This time speed breakfast, not one of our better ideas, and off to the Piazza Roma to meet our tour guide to take us to the Dolomites. A mountain range in the north of Italy, with spectacular views. There were twelve of us on the tour, so we were split into two groups and climbed aboard a mini van. It was beautiful to see the landscape change from waterways and boats to vast fields and vineyards. Unfortunately I made the choice to sit in the ba...

Up early for an Italian brekkie. Croissants, cereal and hams. At breakfast we were stalked by a mosquito which made me realize, we are surrounded by the biggest mosquito breeding ground and we should get some aero guard. Chris was developing a head cold so we needed so medicine too. This should be interesting... After breakfast we laced our boots, checked the map and headed off in search of Piazza San Marco. It was so peaceful in the early morning. Everywhere t...

Pinch and punch for the first day of the month! Up early this morning for our flight. We had a quick breakfast downstairs, practiced some Italian basics, found a taxi driver and went on a scary ride to the airport. It seems our driver was in a hurry to get there... Checked in and ready to board our easyJet flight to Venice. EasyJet don't have allocated seats. Its free seating...quite weird. On our flight we got to see the Swiss Alps!! Amazing from the air. We ...