We’re in Milan – darling!
For those who’re fans of the Pixar film ‘The Incredibles’, I know you’ll be repeating the title of today’s blog using the voice of Edna Mode. (She’s a wonderful character, especially in the second film – but enough already.) After … Read more
Our trip on the Bernina Express
Our day started with the best breakfast yet, despite the fact it was 1e more than previous breakfast’s so far. The plum flan was the highlight and had a texture which was similar to shortbread. Anyhow, today’s postcard will be … Read more
The Bernina Express Line
The Bernina Express runs from Tirano in the south up to Chur. I won’t bore you with too many details but to give a quick overview I’ll include an extract from the RHB website. The most spectacular way to cross … Read more
Tales from Tirano
Today we covered many kilometres of Italy, by train and discovered the trains are pretty cheap but the taxis in Milan aren’t. It cost us 7e to travel by train from Verona to Milan (approx 75km / journey time 1hr … Read more
A whirlwind tour around Verona
“Dear passengers, we would like to tell you the 10:10hrs to Verona Porta Nuova is about to depart. Anyone not travelling to Verona should disembark now!”Once my brain had processed the message played across the train’s PA system, visions of … Read more
Verona walking tour notes
Please excuse any grammatical issues which have been included due to the translation from Italian to English.
Exploring Venice
After breakfast (continental with no hot options – not that either of us would have had cooked), we ambled to the meeting point (KFC near the railway station) for our tour of Murano and Burano. As we’d deliberately left early … Read more
Benvenuto in Italia! – welcome to Venice
Flying out of Stansted with Ryan Air at 6am, approx 2 hours later we arrived at Venice airport. Safely through passport control, we collected our bags and enquired where the riverboat taxi departed. Perplexed to be told we needed the … Read more
Last day in Gibraltar
All too soon our final day arrived, which was inevitable on a cheeky 4 day break. During our morning walk I collected a few photos together to give a flavour of the colony. The first thing to note is the … Read more
Ocean Marina
Ocean marina is a great place to stay, nestled in a new complex a short walk from the airport. I think its location is explained quite well by this aerial shot (zoom to see purple arrow). We are staying on … Read more