Saturday 14 November It was a good night and the room is much warmer than last night. We get the news about the horror in Paris. We have breakfast and get ready to leave by 10am. We head to our new hotel where we are instantly made to feel welcome. We leave our bags and then head out to a square somewhere where we are to meet the free walking tour. It's long- a few hours! But interesting. We see lots of great things. After it's over we wander around ourselves c...

Friday 13 November We are up early, breakfasted and gone before 7:30. The train is nearly 30min to the bus station. We arrive with plenty of time. It's chilly and good to get on the bus. The journey is about 4 hours. The scenery isn't as lovely as I thought and there seem to be a lot of commercial buildings scattered around the place. As we get closer to the sea there is a thick fog that makes it harder to see much. We take the long bridge out to Venice city cen...

Thursday 12 November We just have a chill morning relaxing and resting. I finish off my postcards and get ready to leave. We leave about 1:30 and walk to the last supper church via the post office. The serving lady seemed a bit grumpy. I had to put one stamp on the back and one on the front to make them all fit. I wish they would just put a stamp on that says postage paid if the actual stamps are too big! We continue on to the church via the castle again. It's a...

Wednesday 11 November When I wake I research free walking tours and book one. The bites don't seem to be increasing so that's good. The ones here are already enough to drive me crazy! Then it's a mismash for breakfast of cereal, hot chocolate bananas and biscuits. We leave in time to walk to the tour starting place. At one of the street lights the green sign For walking is a marihuana leaf and not a green man! It's a bit odd but not as crazy out there like Amst...

Tuesday 10 November We are up early in order to have breakfast and be on our way. We tell the guy about the possible bed bugs in my bed. It's pretty awful. All up my neck and back. Even some bites on my face. They are so itchy. I discover more on my legs later in the day. We needn't have hurried. The bus is late, so all our pre waiting was in vain! We discover there are a lot of tunnels in Switzerland. Long ones too. I guess going through mountains rather than...