So just as we had gotten used to finding our way around the winding streets of Venice , we had to pack up and move on to the next city... We arrived in Florence just before lunchtime today, found our hotel easily, and dropped our bags off. We're actually staying in Piazza Della Republica which is just perfect as that means the furthest sight is no more than a 20min walk! We decided to just wander around and found ourselves in a little marketplace where we stumb...

We woke up early on a mission to see as many sights as we could on our last day in Venezia. Our hotel receptionist had advised us last night that they offered free trips to Murano every 20 mins to their hotel guests so we decided to take advantage of this great offer. We were also lucky enough to have the slick speedboat all to ourselves! At Murano, we were shown how the glass masters perform their art - truly amazing talent. We then walked through the showroom t...

Early in the morning - after lots of hugs and thank you's, uncle Tony drove us to Novara station to board the train that would take us to our next adventure. We arrived in Venice 3.5 hours later and as soon as we stepped outside of the train station - we fell in love with the city! We were so keen to find our hotel, drop our bags off, and head out to explore our new surroundings...little did we realise how complicated that could be! What was supposed to be a 6 m...

Today was our last full day in Novara. We finished our laundry and packed our luggage. We then did some last minute shopping as I needed shorts as the weather has been quite hot and is set to get hotter as we travel south. We went to Novara to check out some shops and had success in the department store Coin. We then had some nutella crepes and gelato before driving home for our final home cooked meal from Aunty Antionette. It was superb as usual and after dinner...

Today we relaxed and went to lunch at Vivien's house. She had prepared a feast for lunch and we enjoyed the many entrees and BBQ dishes that were beckoning us from the table. Once full, we retired to the couch to watch Casey Stoner win the very wet MotoGP at Silverstone. In the afternoon we kicked back before eating dinner again at Viv's place. Then we settled in to watch the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix which was delayed because of the amount of rainfall and e...