Heading towards Cinque Terre from Bologna, we stopped off at Sala Baganza for the night on Saturday. The sosta there was another freebie, located in a sports complex on the edge of a pretty village. The local football team was playing at home, so I went to watch the 3-3 draw, which was a fair … Read more
We left Venice on a beautiful autumn day, sun shining and clear blue skies after three days of wintery weather. But never mind, we can’t have everything! After an exhausting time in Venice we wanted a couple of days downtime before going to Bologna, so we stopped halfway at a small village called Castelgugliemo which has … Read more
Well, where to start?! We’ve had an amazing (and exhausting) three days in Venice. It’s a city that’s always been on our ‘to do’ list, but I guess we haven’t been before having been put off by how popular and touristy it is, epitomised by cruise liners sailing through the lagoon passing St Mark’s square … Read more
We’ve spent the past week touring around the Friuli part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the most north easterly province of Italy bordering Slovenia to the east, and Switzerland – and the Alps – to the north. We didn’t go up into the mountains, choosing instead to stay on the plains where the landscape is largely agricultural. … Read more