Venice

We set off early for our day in Venice and found our hotel surprisingly easily though it did annoyingly fib about the parking! (€32 for 23 hours instead of for free!) We dumped the bags, got the train in and stopped immediately for a coffee and croissants. Callum was pleasantly surprised by all the prices here- we had both remembered it being much more expensive. As we had both been here before, we decided to just wander and enjoy the ambience. It wasn’t too busy despite the Venice film festival of which we saw no sign of except on social media – we did keep an eye out for celebs though. As always with Venice, there were amazing views everywhere we looked and we enjoyed an Aperol in several locations! We deserved them after all the walking!

The next day, we set off for Croatia driving through Slovenia. We have been constantly surprised by how easy the travelling has been (🤞 it continues). In fact today was the first time we have had our passports checked since Bilbao and that was in entering Croatia. Before leaving Italy, we stopped at Prosecco, where the wine originally comes from but were surprised to find absolutely no mention of it in the little village.We had hoped to buy some so that was disappointing. Instead, we found a small local port with a little beach to wander around and have our lunch. We were in 3 countries today and are now going to have 5 days by the beach and a pool. Loved Italy, the food, the people, the everything and are looking forward to part 2!

Verona

We arrived in Italy and Verona after a long drive (mainly due to roadworks that weren’t being worked on) and were pleasantly surprised by how lovely our B and B was. It had fab view across Verona and we were just outside the old town wall. We dumped our bags and went off for a wander and some pizza. Someone got slightly carried away when ordering beer much to the amusement of the waiter!

We spent the next day exploring the town which was just lovely. We indulged in too many Aperol spritz at lunch – had to be done as they were a third of the price of those in Antibes. Having done lots of city breaks, this town is right up there in number 2 spot just behind Rome even if the amphitheatre was hosting music awards and full of teenyboppers!

Piazza del Signori