We all headed out early to catch the train from Roncade to Venice. Even Brian came, despite wanting to spend the day climbing the mountain up to San Boldo Pass, but he caved to peer pressure, when we assured him it wouldn't be the same without him! We arrived to a very hot and steamy Venice. We walked through the cobbled streets, lined with ornate palazzo's, interspersed with souvenir shops, selling beautifully decorated Venetian masks, and gelato parlours. The...

We awoke feeling surprisingly spritely and headed to meet The Italians and Linda and Brian at the bar for the customary early morning Prosecco! A nice glass of something fizzy, at 10.30am really does set you up for the day! After catching up with the locals we had a gentle stroll up to Castel Brando, via a busy funicular journey to the summit! Holly was shown the infamous 'Scuzzi Scuzzi' stairs, where Rob had revealed a little too much to the night porter after...

We arrived in Cison late afternoon, after a beautiful drive through the Dolomites and headed straight to Duca Di Dolle to check in. The apartment was perched high up in the Prosecco vineyards at the top of some pretty hair raising bends and turns in the narrow roads. After dropping off all of the bags we headed to Cecilia and Caesar's house, where we were met with food and lots of wine! We ate salami, bread, and Brian's favourite gnarly, dressed tomatoes - delici...

We hit the road early, with plans to spend the day in Seefeld, Austria. The sun was shining and we were all in high spirits as we pulled into the services to top up with fuel for the journey ahead. As we pulled back onto the Autobahn, Rob and Holly looked slightly alarmed as the car began to chug and shudder...then Brian confirmed that there was black smoke following the truck! We coasted into the next services just after the engine gave up! Rob realised that h...

After filling our bags with food for the journey, at the breakfast buffet (typical English!), we began our long day on the road; leaving from Calais and heading south east towards Germany. Considering it was Good Friday we enjoyed empty roads for the entire journey, with views of lush green fields. With Holly and Laura in charge of getting through the tolls successfully in the 'Scuzzi Scuzzi' car, we sailed through the long journey without any hiccups! The 'Wine...