honeymoon Challenge accepted! Good morning chaps! We are back to the trains today. Our mission, if we choose to accept it: Travel 700km in one day using almost only public transport. Challenge accepted!
honeymoon A lazy day Found the sun loungers today! Lazily reading a book and lying in the soft evening sun, next to the pool. If we were any more relaxed we might start going
honeymoon Our Italian Residence Our Italian residence for the next few days. How wonderful does it look? It’s better than that! I couldn’t resist parking the car in a picturesque spot in
honeymoon Relaxing in the Rain So as you know we successfully made it to our accommodation last night. A few people have emailed me suggesting that all the problems we’ve had might be taking
honeymoon 11 hours later... We are two tired kids tonight. Been travelling near enough non stop since 10am this morning. But! We are pleased to report that we have made it to our friends
honeymoon Come rain or shine! Wow whee!! What a morning!!! We’ve endured a thunderstorm, rough seas, cancelled boats and finally we have made it back from Capri to Naples for our Rome connection. Let
honeymoon The Halfway Point Hi chaps, Tonight will be the last proper entry until we hit Innsbruck on Thursday night (all being well) as we are entering radio blackout zone for the next 3
honeymoon Catherine at Herculaneum Catherine at Herculaneum “I like being the same height as a gladiator would have been!!”
honeymoon Train Strike It appears that we need not worry about the strike (hope I’m not speaking too soon). We booked our ticket 5 days ago to guarantee seats – and now there
honeymoon The Vatican Good evening England, this is Rome calling! I’d like to give a quick shout out to a couple of readers in Middlesbrough if I might!? They are my Grandma
honeymoon Roman Rome I’ve been looking forward to today for years. We went to see Roman Rome. The Forum, The Colosseum and the Pantheon. Once again the temperatures soared to 34C! It’
honeymoon Tuscany 81 hits a day! Wow - that’s a lot more than I was expecting. Thank you all for reading!!! Today was a lazy day. All we did was catch
honeymoon It’s off to Rome we go! We are sat in the Firenze Santa Maria station awaiting our train. One observation we’ve noticed is that Dogs go everywhere with people here - why can’t we
honeymoon The Best of Tuscany Tour No wifi again - more pics from today when we get to Rome tomorrow. As for today - well, we had our first experience of a guided tour. I’d
honeymoon Lunch with a view in Tuscany We are being treated to a wine tasting at Fattoria Poggio Alloro along with a delicious lunch! 4 different wines to try. 1 down, 3 to go!
honeymoon The Village of Sheffield, UK Barbara (Italian Tour Guide): I studied tourism at Uni, and did 1 semester in the UK at Sheffield Uni – a small village in England!
honeymoon Poschiavo - Firenze A-ha! Free wifi! Stumbled upon by a mischievous Alex. Nothing illegal, don’t worry - just some people don’t protect their networks (idiotas!!). So here we are then! Florence!
honeymoon The Duomo Arrived safely in Firenze (Florence)! Found our room and WHAT A VIEW!!!! Yes, this picture is the view from our bed! There is no wifi in this place so blog
honeymoon Milano Centrale Our second visit here. The first was the fateful night of the dishonourable hotel in Arona! I’m pleased to report that our second visit is MUCH less stressful. We
honeymoon Good morning from Poschiavo The view from bed this morning. Not bad really… Poschiavo will be swapped for Florence this evening.
honeymoon Lake Como - Poschiavo Good evening folks! Today was a lazy day to recover from our exertions after yesterdays Grand Prix! We covered only 150km and took 6 hours (yes, that is now my
honeymoon Hot F1 at Monza The noise. Oh wow! The noise! It was just simply incredible. I mean, we must have only been 5-10m from the cars as they booted it driving down towards the Parabolica. Full throttle sounds goooooooood!
honeymoon Ready for the F1 at Monza Not a bad afternoons entertainment. We have the father keeping us informed via whatsapp. Great spot and right at the front just on the exit of Ascari. F1 is amazing.
honeymoon Well, shit. We sprinted across the station and got to our train just as the doors *clicked* and locked shut.
honeymoon You gotta respect dat altitude man Lunch in Arth-Goldau, Switzerland as we await our 15:50 ICE to Milan in preparation for Sundays Grand Prix!! A late lunch as we’ve been awake since 5:30