Driving and driving

by | Sep 19, 2006 | Europe, Italy, Travel

After a somewhat short 5 hour sleep, we got up on Tuesday morning to continue on our journey. Today’s trek would take us from Ponte Sabbioni to somewhere around Florence. About a 400 km drive, we were looking at almost a full day’s drive with a few breaks...

Welcome to Tuscany

by | Sep 19, 2006 | Europe, Italy, Travel

After a rather long and twisting road through the mountains, we have arrived at our campsite in the Mugello region (Camping Village Mugello Verde) and are happy to settle in here. Ayla didn’t seem to mind the twists and turns up and down the mountains on the...

On the road again

by | Sep 19, 2006 | Europe, Italy, Travel

After going to bed rather late last night (you can read about our excellent dinner at our other blog here) and getting only about 5 hours of sleep, we are back on the road again and on our way to Florence. It’s about a 400 km drive which hubby and I might...

Venice is now behind us…

by | Sep 19, 2006 | Europe, Italy, Travel

Yesterday we left our campsite in Belvedere and drove 120 km to Punta Sabbioni. The campsite we originally wanted to stay at which has it’s own private beach and a special dog area was closed for the quiet lunch hour from 1 pm until 3 pm. This wouldn’t...

A Newf in Venice

by | Sep 18, 2006 | Europe, Italy, Pets, The puppy years (1-2), Travel

We are on our way back from Venice and I have to say it has been a really great day overall. We were a bit concerned there might be too many people for Ayla or she might misbehave but she acted just like we wanted her to. Somehow, she always seems to know exactly when...

Off to Venice

by | Sep 18, 2006 | Europe, Italy, Travel

We got up this morning and made the 120 km journey from Belvedere to Punta Sabbioni. Punta Sabbioni is a 40 minute ferry ride from Venice and therefore we figured it would be the best place to spend the night without us having to worry about things being stolen from...