What’s that I hear out the window? Is it? Open the curtains and take a glance at…the rain! Oh well, we did have sunshine yesterday, so here we go again with the sun being swiftly followed by rain. We packed up, zipped into our slicks, hopped on the bikes and pedalled out into the soggy... Continue Reading →

Sunday, October 4 What was that I was saying about being drenched!? Why did I use those words! We had planned to ride on today, but with the morning greeting us with pouring rain and storms forecast throughout the day, we decided to dodge the rain and lightning completely and sit it out for another... Continue Reading →

Friday, October 2 Another day in Venice and a day spent on the water. Well, that’s what Venice is famous for isn’t it? We have to get on the water! We took the train from our neighbourhood on the outskirts of Padova, into Venezia and immediately bought our tickets for the water bus and hopped on.... Continue Reading →

Our friendly hotel put on a magnificent breakfast spread for us, so we filled up on muesli and fruit and toast and headed out into another windy, chilly, grey day to continue our Italian adventure. Venezia was ours to explore. We walked the short distance to the train station and on arrival, discovered that it... Continue Reading →