A long drive through winding roads barely clinging to the steep cliffs with magnificant views of remote fishing villages, led us to our next destination of Cinque Terra. Cinque Terra, meaning 5 Towns. On a coastline on the east of Italy are 5 small and remote seaside fishing towns which were once quiet rural villages, joined only by a narrow and dangerous walking track on the edge of the cliffs, is now a melting pot of tourist activity, where tourists from all o...

I fell for Venice immediately - it was definately a case of "love at first sight". The canals, the music, the narrow streets, the gondola's - it was unlike anything I have ever seen before. Venice is much bigger than we expected, and we got lost many times, but that was half the fun, and I think the best way to discover this labrinyth of streets and canals. We spent our one full day in Venice watching the boats on the canals, shopping, exploring and wi...

Again, with much disapointment we departed Lake Como for our next destination, Milan. On the way to Milan we discussed what each others expectations were of this city, but apart from the fashion, neither of us had any real expectations, or where to go or what to do. This was probably a good thing, as we were both pretty disappointed as we drove into this city. Entering Milan felt like entering just another run down city, where grafitti and untidy streets were th...

After a very hair-raising drive through the Swiss Alps, we made our way onto Italian soil. For some strange reason, the place just felt so Italian that we didnt need to see the Italian flags to let us know we had crossed the border. We reached our destination, again with no accommodation pre-booked, which is a little stressful. However we were very lucky in that a very lovely woman from the tourist office located a room for us right on the water of Lake Como, in...

After a fantastic time in the south of France, particularly in Monaco, with Malcolm not feeling well, we drove the long distance to Geneva, Switzerland. When we finally reached our destination point (our GPS has been a life and marriage saver, as it is awesome...anyone thinking of getting one for this type of trip should, as you can spend more time concentrating on the road and the scenery rather than a huge and confusing map) we checked into a hostel. This was ...