This morning we boarded a train to go to Venice. We had to get up early to catch it. It was a very hot day and we did lots of walking. I liked Venice. The city was in water. There were a lot of Gondolas floating in the canals. There were lots of little shops selling masks. Venice is famous for its mask festival before Lent. Venice wasn't what I expected because I thought water would be everywhere but it wasn't. There were many little footpaths and bridges. We wen...

Today we woke up in Lignano. We had a nice breakfast at where we were staying. I had a hot chocolate, an egg, a bowl of fruit and half a yoghurt. Afterwards we used some bikes from the hotel to go for a ride. I had to ride on an adult size bike the same as my Dad. Dad was very happy to be riding a bike because he has missed riding since being away from Adelaide. This town is very good for riding lots of people ride bikes. Some put their dogs in the front basket o...

Today we went to say good bye to mum's cousins because we were leaving to go back to Italy. We said good bye to all mums cousins it was very sad. We got in the car and started to drive to Italy. Lily and I watch a movie called " the parent trap ". When we arrived we went to a restaurant to eat dinner I had a pizza.

This morning we went to Mum's Auntie's house. She is 84 and still rides a bicycle. She showed us old photos. I have attached one. The man third from the left is Mum's Dad when he was in the army and living here in Croatia. Mums Auntie fed us lot of food that she grows in her garden. It was hot again. I met Branco Mum's other cousin who lives with her Auntie. After the visit we went to a river to swim because it was so hot. The river was flowing very fast. Lily, D...

Today we drove to a very big park in Zagreb. We had to stop at a bakery to get lunch. Lily and I had some pizza. We walked around the park to find the Jeko Pavilion. We found a big playground and ate our lunch there. It was very hot. We went on a big wooden see saw. It was fun. We then walked to a lake in the park. There were some ducks which we fed with leftover bread from lunch. When I was feeding the ducks I saw some turtles. I tried to feed them but they were...