A quest for Chianti and olive oil

Our plans today revolved around getting Steffen’s van fixed. The repair guy was supposed to show up at 9 am but I guess everything moves a bit slower here and they didn’t actually arrive until 11. They took a look at the van and though it was the oil pan...

Our last day

As has more or less been the usual routine, Ayla woke us up at about 6:45 this morning. We fed her and then took her for a walk at around 8 and our friends were awake by then also since the auto repair guy was supposed to come at 9 am. Since they have a small market...

Driving and driving

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...

Venice is now behind us…

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...

The rain has stopped..for now

Finally the rain stopped around 11 am and, after a long walk with our newfie dog, it was time for lunch.Yesterday at the market, we bought quite a few local products, including buffalo mozzarella fresh from the farm, a chunk of Parmesan, salami, prosciutto and other...