August 2010 - Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We’ve been on some pretty hairy roads on this trip, it’s just none of them lasted for 20 odd kilometres. Welcome to Lake Como. Our destination was Bellagio, a small town at the middle point of Lake Como and to put some perspective »
August 2010 - Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What’s the first thing anyone should do in Milano given the opportunity? Answer: Shopping Four Seasons Milano is dangerously placed for those wanting to watch their wallets; smack bang in the middle of the block of Milano shopping where every designer worth mentioning exists. »
August 2010 - Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh I did not want to wake up this morning but thankfully I had packed some of my bag the day before so it wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. Over breakfast our favourite american family was there, the father talking »
August 2010 - Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the Accademia completed there was one Museo still left to see; the Uffizi. So after Elisa's insistence that my parents head out for dinner tonight to try the Florentien Steak (I think that is how they spell it) we were in a »
August 2010 - Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Still stuffed from last night’s dinner I declined breakfast this morning, asking Dad to swipe an apple from the fruit bowl downstairs on his way back up (there is fruit in our room just not apples). Now it was time to visit a ten »
August 2010 - Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who'd have thought there was an actual limit to how much cheese I can eat in a day? Every meal from breakfast to dinner. I might have finally found my cheesy limit. Today was the day of too much food, after eating our »
August 2010 - Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was crazy to think that I hadn’t gone swimming in the Mediterranean, I mean it was across the road from the Hotel. It was right there! Mum and I decided that after breakfast we would fit in a quick beach swim before packing »
August 2010 - Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You know those days where nothing seems to be working out. Yeah, this was today. Side note… we were up at 7am this morning so when you get down to the times below you’ll understand. The whole reason for being in Viareggio was for »
August 2010 - Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 nights of peace was not enough, would have been nice to spend an extra day in Torgiano, relaxing by the pool, barely a soul in sight. Like I said, would have been nice. But pressing on I had a hot date with a man »
August 2010 - Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Turn off in 700m Dad… That was the turn off Dad…" So we took the long road around to Assisi, entered from the other side of town, got into the parking station at Centro only to find it full but then magically »
August 2010 - Italy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to our local cafe for our last meal in Rome, Dad had already picked up the car, already turned down a one way street and already struggled to get the car into reverse… twice, but I don’t think he had stalled it yet. »
