A week in Tuscany: Arrival day Porto Santo Stefano, Italy Porto Santo Stefano, Italy Porto Santo Stefano Saturday 10th July 2010 The drive into Porto Santo Stefano outperformed any of the previous driving episodes that we had survived. Our apartment was located in a condominium complex near the top of a rather steep escarpment, or… More

Just one night in Sienna Siena, Italy Siena, Italy Siena Friday 9th July Yet another hot and sunny morning greeted us on waking for our last morning in Cinque Terre. Whilst it made for safe driving we wouldn’t have minded a reprieve from the searing heat. The drive out of Monterosso al Mare was as… More

Walking the Cinque Terre path Cinque Terre: Monterosso al mare, Italy Cinque Terre: Monterosso al mare, Italy Thursday 8th July Just a quick update for today as we are doing the Cinque Terre path walk. Another hot and sunny morning greeted us when we woke this morning. We had breakfast on the terrace of the… More

Cinque Terre: first day Cinque Terre: Monterosso al mare, Italy Cinque Terre: Monterosso al mare, Italy Cinque Terre Wednesday 7th July Our first and last morning in Parma promised yet another hot and sunny day ahead. It was already very warm when we woke at 7am, a relative sleep in for us all. Point of… More

Parma Parma, Italy Parma, Italy Parma My first and last morning in Ortisei started at 6 am with a walk around the local Village. I left the boys, both of them snoring. We then had a quick breakfast before setting off to Parma, a 3.5 hr drive. The first half of the journey was more… More

One day in the Dolomites Ortisei, Italy Ortisei, Italy Monday 5th July 2010 I’m writing this blog from the verandah of our B & B in Ortisei, looking up the mountain to where we caught the chair lift earlier today. It is a balmy evening and the local church bells are tolling the half hour…a… More

Last day in Salzburg 🙁 Salzburg, Austria Salzburg, Austria Sunday 4th July: Our last full day in Salzburg. What a relief it was to see some cloud cover when we woke this morning; a reprieve from the heat of the last three days. Our plan for the day was to hang around the Altstadt for… More

Sound Of Music Tour day Salzburg, Austria Salzburg, Austria Sat 3rd July I’m too tired to blog in full today. am: I went for a walk whilst the boys chilled out. We then walked in to the Altstadt and checked out the local produce markets. We wished we had more time here in Salzburg as… More

First full day in Salzburg Salzburg, Austria Salzburg, Austria Friday 2nd July We’ve had a great day but are all very tired so this will be brief. Mark and I went for a walk around the Altstadt this morning and noted a few points of comparison to Prague: This Old Town is even more beautiful… More

Arrival at Salzburg Salzburg, Austria Salzburg, Austria Thursday 1st July We made quite a sight as we dragged our luggage through Prague Old Town across to the Intercontinental Hotel where we were to collect our hire car. We ended up with a Holden Vectra with a boot large enough to accommodate all of the bags… More