Day 5: Vittorio Veneto
We now have broadband, so we will survive Today we bought Vodafone Wifi, connected to the internet and found a supermarket. This means we will be okay for the next month and I can continue to update...
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Day 6: Vittorio Veneto to Lake Como
Heading off over the mountains to Switzerland Today we travelled down to Mestre by train to pick up our car for our trip to Lucerne. Today we are travelling about 250km from Mestre, through the...
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Day 7: Lake Como to Lucerne
We left foggy Lake Como in the morning and arrived in Lucerne just after lunch. The madness of Italian drivers seemed to leave us within minutes of crossing the border. I think it’s because of the...
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Day 8: Mt Pilatus, Lucerne
Today we rode the gondolas up the mountain to Pilatus. The journey took about an hour to reach the top which is an elevation of something like 2.1KM above sea level. Queen Victoria visited the summit...
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Day 9: Lucerne Old Town
Today we made our way around Lucerne. It’s a beautiful city, full of life and yet so much history. Bordered by mountains we are here at the best time of year, cool enough to have snow on the hills...
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Day 10: Lucerne to Stresa
Today I felt like a kid again. We stopped at Verkehrshaus before leaving Lucerne. Verkehrshaus is the Swiss Transport Museum, which has been on my to-do list since August and I’m glad we could fit it...
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Day 11: Stresa to Verona
Our trip keeps getting better. Stresa is a beautiful resort town, quieter than Bellagio and with shops were you can actually afford to buy things! Last night we had a beautiful meal at a little...
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Day 12: Verona to Asolo
On the last leg of the trip we stopped in Asolo. This town dates back to the middle-ages and is perched high on a mountainside and is affectionately known as the “City of a Hundred Horizons” because of...
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Day: 13 Venice
Two weeks in to this trip and we finally make it to Venice. With a rental car still to return, today was the day we saw our first glimpse of Venice. We headed out of Vittorio Veneto at about 8.15am...
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Day 18: Florence
The last few days have been getting to know Vittorio Veneto from underneath our umbrellas and what Italian life is like when it’s raining. Admittedly our newly discovered indoor life, would have been...
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