7th September We arrived in Venice yesterday after a short drive from Treviso. After arriving in Milan at 7pm the night before it was a 31/2hr drive to Treviso. Thank God Basil, the GPS finally kicked in as I'm sure we wouldn't have got there with out him. After a few stops at the Autogrill we got in at around 11.30. We were delighted in Paris, amazed in Prague and words can't describe Venice. This little fish shaped island is Magnificent. The pictures don't...

4th September I know that I've said it before but this city is truely amazingly beautiful. Around every corner is another spectacle. Today after being woken by the church bells at 7am, well they woke me anyway, we went on a boat cruise on the Vltava River. It was on a cute little old wooden boat and the tour guide was full of interesting info. There are 17 bridges accros the river and it flooded to 8m high in 2002. It was good to see the beautiful buildings from...

3rd September Our first day in Prague after our very stressful and s*** day yesterday was wonderful, this place is amazing. The people seem a bit friendlier than the Parisiens, unless you a public servant. All shopkeepers speak English. Very handy, when there are so many sxkzytz in the words. As I said this place is amazing, I am so glad that we,Gary, decided to come here. It is more colouful than Paris and had the added benefit of lots of trees and grass. The s...

2nd September Today was the day in Paris we weren't supposed to have. Yesterday the airline we were flying to prague with went BANKRUPT. Yes that right. Remenber when I said that I loved this place, not sure if its sharing the love. We got up and ready at 6am to be at the airport at 8am. So 16euro train trip to find out there would be no flight. Panic, hysteria(from ME) and what the @$#%&^ do we do now. Managed to book a flight through another airline at 9.2...

1st September. Had a bit of a sleep in this morning and took it easy. Rained most of the day and quite cold. Headed to the shopping area and visited Galeries LaFayette, Printemps and some other dept stores. The first two were full of Chanel, Hermes, Jimmy Choo, Dior etc. Way out of our price range. Yeah purple is the hot colour for next winter. There are sooo many pairs of gorgeous purple boots around but they all seem to be around 500euro+. Im not allowed to bu...