Huw's Bit Train from Venice to Trieste no dramas - then the fun started!  I've been researching this part of the trip for 8 months and in the end trusted in booking a seat on a coach fron Trieste to Rijeka.  No flights, train have to via Zagreb (!) and Chrsitine gets sea sick just by looking at a glass of water so ferries not an option. Arrived at the coach station in Trieste and...there was nobody there...at all! Gulp!  After a bit of wandering about found ...

Huw's Bit So started the 3 days I'd been least looking forward to!  Well, the travel from Venice into Croatia - and it didn't let us down! Spent the day walking and boating and revisiting sights in Venice after arriving the day before from Bologna.  Still amazed by the view when you exit the station in Venice, canals instead of roads, boats instead of cars/buses.  Walked via the Rialto Bridge to St Marks Square, top lunch en route at a restaurant with a quin...

Huw's Bit Great trip from Aix to Genoa - at this time I was impressed with all trains French and Italien - but it couldn't last could it!  After crossing China, Mongolia, Russia, Germany, France and the UK without a single problem or late train, TrenItlaia struck with a vengeance! Coming back from Cinque Terre not only did we hit a 2 hour late train but also the worst and rudest station employee in the history of trains. I had to stop trying to get information ...

Huw's Bit Salut mes amis! Loving it! TGV from Lille to Avignon is what rail travel should be all about - not as good as Moscow to St Petersburg but that was 1st class. Scenery: wonderful, wonderful Provence, Alpilles, Camargue! Les Baux en Provence is massive wow factor. Ancient walled cities: Avignon over 5000 years of history - incredible (lots of deadbeats and beggers though). Fields of sunflowers. Ridiculously beautiful mountain villages: Fountaine d...

Huw's UK bit! Where to start? Awesome fun catching up with family and friends. Wyn, Emma, Tom and Immy's new home in Cheltenham is fab - even got their own river (stream really) running through the back complete with swings, on which Immy is fearless. As usual Tom is 'go, go, go' and we had heaps of fun playing cricket, Monopoly, more cricket, Admirals, more cricket, repeat to exhaustion (me not him)! Pub quiz Thursday was a blast and the new owners of the l...