Made pretty good time from Venice to Florence today, I much prefer highway driving, but the toll prices here are through the roof. Seriously like $20, its such a rip off. But they have these "Auto-Grill" places all along the highways and they are like a mix between a 7/11 servo, acafe and a supermarket all in one, and you dont have to pay to use the bathroom (more common then you would think in Italy). Anyway, we made it our hotel with the afternoon to spare, s...

Made it to Venice yesterday, or Venizia as the locals call it (I'm sticking with Venice). At first we didn't realise how far out of Venice we had booked (about 20kms) until we headed into the city and walked through the little streets and watched people carry suitcases up and down the little bridges full of people so it was really a blessing that we weren't in the city. Luckily we hired a car for our entire stay as the day we were headed into the city was the d...

Today was a Looooooonngg walk around Como and trying to find George and Amal Clooney to see if they would adopt us... I'm still hoping we will run into him (or Amal) so I can se my very best puppy dog face to convince them we are house trained and worth adopting.. While on the hunt for our new home we thought we would take a look around the hotel and the village and see what Como has to offer... Scenery is the answer. Beautiful, picturesque mountains surrounding...

After 26(ish) hours we finally made it!!! Italy!!! Jet lag seems to have hit me like a biatch but the crazy Italian drivers kept me awake. It's like there are no rules when it comes to driving over here except, every man for himself. People merging from 4 lanes to 1 without blinkers, blind corners on very narrow streets and the speed at which tey do it is amazing. So we make it to the hotel and check in, and our room overlooks the lake! Couldn't be happier! We ...