Venice. What can I say that hasn't been said before. We arrived while the America's cup was on - not such a good idea as it was packed with tourists- in fact there were 300 people from London and New York for a 3 day wedding extravaganza ( I think they were a little well off). Needless to say we didn't let them bother us at all. We carried on regardless! Oh such a beautiful city. We wandered the streets, caught ferries everywhere - mainly cos Geoff likes boats...

Mountains. That has been the theme of the past few days. On our last day in Morocco we decided to do a one day tour to the Middle Atlas mountains and beyond in order to see a Berber village and a Kasbah. It was a long but interesting day. We drove up through the mountains where the vegetation was quite lush ( by comparison) and the surroundings were magnificent. The higher we climbed though the more barren it became - it was evident that it snows heavily there in...