Today was an interesting day. We had a sleep in, which was much needed after the girls night out. We mucked around for the rest of the morning, had lunch and some caked and then decided to head out on a bike ride. Erminio (my host dad) gave Cecilia instructions of a nice place to go for a mountain bike. Well, I’m Navajo’s words “it was the most adventurous bike I’ve ever been on!”, and that was most definitely the truth. Our ride totalled 22.5km and 1...

Another relaxing day and a sleep in. Navajo went for a run at 9:30am and Cecilia and I slept in. We mucked around most of the day - and all I did was sleep and read as I was feeling very very sick unfortunately. Later in the afternoon Cecilia went for a run and Navajo bikes beside her, but she said she died because it was still so hot! We had rice for dinner and some wee Italian cakes and pastries for pudding. After that Navajo and Cecilia got ready to go out....

A big sleep in this morning as we were all absolutely shattered from Venice. We got up and had some food and then booked some more train tickets to head to Monterosso (the coast) on Monday, and Florence on Wednesday. Then we had more pasta for lunch! We all had a bit of a nap after lunch and then we got up and headed to Greta’s house for the afternoon for a swim in her pool. 36 degrees doesn’t feel too hot when you’ve got a pool to swim in! We swum all af...

This morning we had a rather early start. Cecilia woke up at 5am so we were pretty much awake since then. The two of us got up at 6am and got ready to head to Venice. We left home at 6:30am, picked up Benedetta (Cecilia’s friend), and then headed to Parma train station. We caught the first train at 7:25am and had an hour on the first train before we got to Bologna. We got off in Bologna, grabbed a quick coffee, and made it to our next train to Venice. The sec...

Another good sleep in this morning then up for some very late breakfast. We mucked around at home until lunch, had some more pasta for lunch and then I had a bit of a sleep - not a very good day health wise. Afterwards we headed out for a bike ride around Basilicanova, even though it was 36 degrees! It was nice to get out for a look around and in the sun! On the way back we stopped in Basilicanova for a gelato to cool, then headed home again. Navajo had time ...