Copenhagen: Sun 29 Sept – Tue 1 Oct: Accommodation   Sun 29 September It was a day of travel today with an early start departing Como. It was much easier navigating the narrow cobbled lanes on a Sunday morning at 7 am so we were thankful for that. Also, the drive to Milan was much… More

Como: Thur 26 – Sun 29 Sept: Accommodation   Thursday 26 September Our trip from Lake Iseo to Como was only a couple of hours so we broke the journey up with a stop at Bergamo. Bergamo old town, Citta Alta, a UNESCO heritage site, is located on an hill overlooking the modern city expansion,… More

Lake Iseo: Tue 24 – Thurs 26 Sept: Accommodation Tue 24th September It was an overcast day but thankfully the rain had stopped meaning that we could take a quick final walk around Verona and have a final coffee at Cafe Martel, the cafe below our apartment. It was only a 2 hour journey from… More

Verona: Sat 21 – Tue 24th Sept: Accommodation Sat 21st September It was a fine day for our trip to Verona and twice the temperature of the previous few days. We’d been cold and wet with temperatures of 17 degrees back then but today it was 34 degrees when we stopped off at Ferrara. Ferrara… More

Bologna: Mon 16 – Sat 21 Sept: Accommodation Mon 16th Sept: arrival day It was another glorious sunny day for our drive from Alba over to Bologna and we stopped at Parma on the way to have lunch. We’d stayed here once, years ago, but this was before Google was available and we both had… More

Castagnole Lanze: Sat 14 – Tue 17 Sept: Accommodation Sat 14th September: afternoon It was 2.30 pm by the time we arrived at our lodging, Villa Cristina Suite, in the village of Castagnole Lanze, just over 20 minutes by car from the town of Alba. We had swapped to this venue at the last moment… More

Turin (Torino): Fri 13th – Sat 14th Sept: Accommodation Fri 13th September: After being caught off guard with the unusually high temperatures earlier in this trip, when we were up further north in Europe, we have now been caught off guard by how unusually cool it is down in this south-east region of France. It… More

Grenoble: Wed 11 – Fri 13 Sept: Accommodation Wed 11th September It was a cool morning for our last one in Annecy but Mark went for a ride around the lake, all 39 km, and I had a bit of a walk. It was then just a matter of packing up and heading off to… More

Annecy: Mon 9 – Thurs 12 Sept: Accommodation Mon 9th September It was 30 degrees the day we arrived at Basel and half of that on the day we left. Sadly, we had wet and cool weather for much of the 3 1/2 hr drive down to Annecy. We found our apartment without too much… More

Basel: Sat 7 – Mon 9 Sept: Accommodation Sat 7th Sept It was a glorious morning for our drive down to Basel and forecast to be another warm one with a temperature of 30 degrees. Mark had an early ride before our departure and I had a final walk. It was very nervous going for… More