Wednesday 31st Dec - While in Venice one must visit these beautiful islands again, but it was sooo cold today, we all found it really difficult to get warm. I think the forecast was -2ºC with a top of 1ºC. Now I know why penguins have to stoop to see there feet, because when you have so many layers of clothes on is difficult to bend in the middle! The babies in prams look like dolls with arms and legs that don't bend. Burano - Is a colourful island fa...

Tuesday 30th Dec - We couldn't miss a second chance to see one of my favorite places in Italy, the beautiful city on water. It was a chilly 0ºC when we headed out, thank goodness for the thermals. We have seen many different beanies and hat designs and lots of fur coats, particularly fur coats in Venice, don't get me wrong I'd love a fur coat but some women do like big bears when they sit down! We first started out to see "Punta della Dongana" and churc...

Monday 29th Dec - We left the home comforts to continue our travels, an emotional fair well at Rita's, especially as she is 90 next year, hope we see her again soon, and its always great to see Arturo and Rosanna. Arriving in Padova Liam finally got to see snow - he was so excited about seeing snow for the first time, but when he saw it in the street he was disappointed see it dirty and not white, unfortunately it was a couple of days old. While out for a walk in...

Wednesday Dec 24th - We arrived at Ancona rail station to be greeted by Gino, it's nice to see a familiar face. Great to see Rita, and smell some home made cooking. Thursday Dec 25th - Christmas Day in Italy. Liam was awake early - surprise! It was quite foggy outside which didn't lift until about 10am, not too cold about 10°C. We had a quite lunch with Rita and Gino, typical Italian meal - first course of pasta being lasagne, second course meat which was m...

Tuesday 23rd Dec - I know I'm getting a little repetitive, but ever since I saw this place on a TV program I have wanted to visit it in real life, so this was our chance as its only a short train trip from Bari. It's a picturesque village that is another World UNESCO heritage site for its unique "trulli" houses that have cone shaped roofs. The history behind them is, once the whole town where just of trulli and being typical Italian - they were designed to fiddle...