Arrived in Venice. 28 July Here we are in Venice!! We had a great drive here- totally uneventful and easy. We arrived on time and managed to find where we needed to go without too much fuss. After dropping off the little Peugeot, which served us well, we had a walk and 2 bridges (all steps) to deal with and utilized the services of some eager and unscrupulous porters to assist with our luggage. Curiously when we were over one bridge they wanted their money X ...

Here we go!! Off to Venice! Ciao! Xxx

Photo: Some old bloke and a statue in Siena!!! One of them is one thousand years old!!! Had a pottering day around Siena today. It was extremely hot - allegedly 46 degrees in the carpark at one point. We had a fascinating hour in a post office, trying to send a couple of parcels. Big time security there!!! Glass walls partitions and doors everywhere!!! You have to pass everything through a 2 door cupboard and the customer side will only open when the cranky la...

Had a long day today, training it to Florence for a full day tour, and then getting back to the Villa just after 10pm, due to a cancelled train and then an indirect trip back to Siena. Meant to be though, as we caught up with an American family we travelled on the train with yesterday morning and had a great and lengthy conversation with them!! Here's Bwian the Bwave with the Ponte Vecchio in the background!! Florence was quite stunning, with some amazing arch...

Haven't seen him around much lately, but then spotted Hoffy snooping around in our courtyard. Clearly he's following us around!!! Hoffy Friday or whatever day this is!!! :-) xx