Said goodbye to Bellagio reluctantly. What a nice place. Took the ferry to Varenna (after some conflicting advice from the hotel staff about which boat to take). Train to Milano Centrale. Then Milano Centrale to Venezia. Luckily, one of the hotel staff had told me about a booking agent in Bellagio who booked and printed our train tickets the night before so we didn't have to line up and worry about tickets. The trsin to Venezia was also one of the best we had bee...

Had a great sleep in. We have block out blinds on the outside of our windows which stopped any sun coming in and reduced, by some, the noise of musicians. Took the hydrofoil to Como. It takes only 45 mins as opposed to the bus - 2 hours and the slow ferry - about 2 hours too. The hydrofoil is expensive at 40€ each way but sure beats a water taxi at 350€ each way! Como was nice, very old, some beautiful buildings and fountains. The setting is so lovely with ...

Early start to the day, at Nice station at 7am for a train (45 mins) to Ventimiglia. A short wait, then on next train (4 hours) to Milano Centrale. A long ride but we had our own private cabin with sliding door and curtains on both sides. Very quaint. Milano Centrale was chaos. People everywhere but no ATM in sight. Eventually found just one on the lower floor. Old, rumbly train (1 hr) to Varenna. Short walk to the ferry dock for our last (20 min) journey to B...

Woke up early, bit worried about driving the car into busy Nice. Filled up the tank up the road in La Colle sur Loup and then headed for our 25 minute drive into Nice. Took our last toll road and relied on the GPS to get us there! The damn thing went crazy a few times with different directions and losing signals (usually when in the middle of intersections) but finally made it. Destination was Hertz at Nice Railway station. No carpark in front of the office, so ...

Had a great last morning in Salon de Provence with a sleepin, breakfast from the bakery (our usual croissants and paine de chocolat) and a walk through the old lanes. A relatively easy 2 hour drive to La Colle sur Loup. Getting used to working the ticket and payment machines for the toll roads. Bit crazy once reaching our town as the roads very congested. We don't enjoy the driving through the busy towns. The roads are very narrow with sharp bends, drivers who do...