We got up early and headed straight to breakfast, the buffet at this 5 star hotel is amazing, e.g. eggs, bacon, cold cuts, jams, croissants etc etc. We went to reception to find out where we catch the gondola to the mountain top and she kindly informed us the mountain doesn't open until the 22nd of November. Arrrggghh so angry and disappointed, oh well, we made our way up the mountain as far as we could go by bus and although there was no snow on the ground at ...

Up early for our buffet breakfast, loving the boiled eggs and out to see Trento. First stop was the Neptune fountain which was very beautiful and then a quick visit to the Church where the council of Trent was held over 20 years to decide the direction of the Catholic Church (very big deal for Trent) was a beautiful church and was nice to see people dropping in for their morning prayer prior to starting their day (not having a religion I found it quite foreign b...

Early start to the day today as we had to finish seeing Verona and leave for Trento. We headed towards Juliet's tomb which we again found easily thanks to the great directions in the city. Was a really nice museum lots of beautiful paintings and sculptures as it used to be a monastery that had been completely destroyed hundreds of years ago and was completely rebuilt (still making it very old). The Juliet tomb was very moving, lots of love graffiti everywhere ...

We left Milan relatively early this morning, not as early as I had hoped for as the train drivers were striking so they weren't running as regularly as they should have, so we had to wait for almost 2 hours sitting in maccas waiting around for our departure time of 1125. Was finally time to get on the train and thankfully we got on so early as it filled up completely close to departure time. Was funny watching all the people in first class getting tickets for t...

I Can't believe we are finally in Italy, it has been my dream forever to come to this place and I hope it lives up to my high expectations. We got up early and headed to the station to catch the train to the Duomo which is the centre of Milan. We were starting the day with the Cathedral, it's amazing walking up the stairs from the underground and it appearing before you. It is such a grand building. It's a shame that so many immigrants are hassling the touris...