Milan; this would have to be one of the most modern cities we have been to thus far, high rise office buildings are more prolific in this city although not to the quantity we are used to nevertheless they were quite modern. We headed out to the Duomo after day two of the F1 for dinner and to look at yes another church; I must say this would have to be the most intricate church I have seen on our trip it was massive and made entirely of marble it was mesmerising t...

We arrived at Monza for day one of the Formula 1 without too much trouble we are getting the hang of the Nav b****s' inadequacies and have learned to improvise there is really a knack to it which we are getting proud of. We decided to park the car in the first parking station near the track as we were sick of sitting in the car and especially now in traffic. Well! Little did we know the track was about two and a half kilometre walk away.... Just as well Carmel an...

Arrived at Lake Como finally a decent hour to take advantage of some daylight and have dinner at a respectable hour. This place is so picturesque the town abuts a beautiful lake surrounded by lush green mountains with little towns dotted around them. George Clooney definitely has the right idea he has a place on the bank of Lake Como. We had dinner at a boutique brewery/restaurant called il Birraficio it was definitely the place to eat we walked in and there were...

Well after a very eventful evening the night before we finally arrived in Venice the city of canals. We decided to leave the car for €6 a day at the hotel we stayed at the night before because to park the car and catch the water bus from the terminal was €90. So we did the true tourist thing and caught a bus for €5 return which worked out a whole lot cheaper. When we arrived at the terminal we thought to ask how much for water taxi which was the quickest wa...

Parma well what can I say? The prosciutto was to die for... sorry Khianna wish you were here! Otherwise the City was like many others we have visited with the churches squares and all the touristy things; we are now taking a back seat to all that and just appreciating the atmosphere people and each other oh! and definitely the food. Thank God we are doing all this walking it is burning off what we are eating who knows if we didn't indulge we would have come back ...