As we approached the waterfront for Venezia it was difficult to take it all for real. In front of us the prison where they housed Casanova, the Bridge of Sighs, Piazza San Marco, that insane facade on the basilica, or chapel? The sun was out lighting the whole place up like a movie set. We strolled for an hour, took in a glass blowing exhibition (Max couldn't be convinced to skip it) before some more strolling, shopping, then we settled into the Piazza for an ...

A bleary eyed start today, but we're off to the Alps, to Innsbruck! First stop though is Munich, too late to see the glockenspiel play, the sun came out to greet us though with a thoroughly beautiful day for walking around the city. The Town hall rivals Koln cathedral for impressive germanic architecture, but the Glockenspiel looks like it would be amazing to watch play. We spent most of the time in the main plaza and the markets around he corner. Wine, spiri...

Today its well and truly Deutschland. By mind-morning we're at Koln (Cologne) and its gobsmacking cathedral. Work on this cathedral started in the early 13th century, abandoned late in the 15th and recommenced in the 19th before being completed near the end in 1880. The Cathederal stands over 500 ft above the street. The Spires on the roof look pretty from the ground, across the square there is a life size replica of one, that helps you comprehend just how far ...

5am kick off today, we were setting off from Dover by 8:30 and sayingBonjour by 10. We streaked across France and the straight line acrossBelgium in just over two and a half hours where we hit the Netherlandsand soon Amsterdam itself. A quick paragraph to describe how we spentthe majority of our day, but with our fantastic tour director chimingin with tidbits and stories all day, it really did fly past that fast.So in Amsterdam and straight to the red light distr...

We fluffed around for the morning before pulling ourselves together just in time for our lunch booking at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in Knightsbridge. We figured baby sitters would cost as just as much as taking the kids along, and when I checked with the restaurant they were keen to have the kids. On such a beautiful sunny day the room couldn't have been better placed, with sweeping views out to the park. The staff had colouring books and a fantastic pop-up ...