Waking up after a generally good nights sleep our breakfast was delivered. I had yogurt, coffee, juice & rolls with turkey & cheese. Soon after we arrived into Venice Mestre, surprisingly a few minutes early and after reserving our train in a few days to Naples with no problems we walked a few blocks to the hotel to leave our bags before returning to the station for a train to Venice, only 10mins away. Arriving into Santa Lucia station we walked out to a ...

Today was a palace day but first we had washing to do (boring!). With so many palaces from the Hapsburg empire to explore in Vienna we thought we would visit them all in one go. The first, Schloss Schonbrunn, was the largest with over 1,400 rooms & massive gardens with water fountains & decorative flower beds over a couple of acres. By the time we had wandered through the different areas of the gardens we weren't very motivated to see more opulent rooms i...

Off to Bratislava, Slovakia today for a day trip so Sean could tick off another country. We took a tram to the Hauptbahnhof for a 10am train but it was going to a different Bratislava station so we waited 20mins for one going to the main station. The trip only took about an hour and then it was a bit of a walk, but luckily downhill to the old town area. Along the way we passed the presidential palace with guards standing by & then entered the pedestrian stree...

After a few early starts we treated ourselves to a sleep in this morning before setting off on foot into the centre of Vienna. Being a Sunday most places were closed so once we had passed the Hofburg we found a Turkish restaurant for a pizza lunch/late breakfast. Still sans coffee I lowered myself to Starbucks although after a long wait & a weak coffee it really didn't change my opinion of them. We stopped by the tourist info although it was pretty sparse on ...

We still had until noon to use our Salzburg card so we were up early ish for another breakfast with a view before taking the bus into town to firstly see the Residenz of the archbishops right next to the square towering cathedral. Once again it was room after room of opulence & another long winded audio guide. The most interesting thing was the balustrade on the double stairs in the main hall had been tuned so that they could be played like chimes. After the...