We had planned to stay overnight in Milan but when we got to the station we were told that the World's largest Trade Fair was happening and there wasn't a bed to be had for miles around!! We made a quick decision to move on to Turin which was closer to were we were headed anyway. We found a pretty "low rent" hotel ( a shoebox of a room with a view into a grotty lightwell!) but it was in the centre of town and close to the station. International Women's...

We had 2 days in Venice - raining and miserable when we first arrived and had great difficulty finding our apartment, but a good location and a lovely place! The next day the sun was shining and we walked and walked all over Venice - seeing all that we had seen before and enjoying it all again. We caught the vaporetta from near our pla.ce around to San Marco Square and then up the Grand Canal - I could just visualise the grand families in their palazzos watching ...

Arrived in Zagreb by bus late afternoon and caught a tram to our apartment close to the old town and city square which we had for two nights. Before leaving the bus station we made enquiries about travel to Venice by bus or train. Only train was 12 pm on the night we were due in Venice ie we would lose a night's accommodation in Venice @$230, or a bus at 5.30 am on our second day. Budget Hire car was available at 550 euros, no direct flights at all. We should hav...

We had 2 great days in this lovely old city. It is amazing to see what restoration has taken place after the bombing in the war in 1991-92. Over 2000 bombs and shells were launched into Dubrovnik but you wouldn't believe it, except when you walk around the walls and see all the new red tiled roofs which have been replaced. Our accommodation, thanks to John & Julie was a perfect location, right at the Ploce gate, and our landlord was most interesting (odd?), h...

We are on our next adventure, this time to Croatia and then back across Europe by train!! We flew to Dubrovnik in the very south of Croatia and thanks to John & Julie had the best accommodation (with a very unusual landlord!) at the gate of the old town. Srjdan met us at the airport, gave us a guided tour of town, suggested places to eat and organized our ongoing transport - very helpful. Dubrovnik is a jewel, amazingly restored after the war when over 2000 b...