Rain, rain and more rain!

After an overcast day yesterday which we used to go shopping for groceries in Grado it has started raining over night.Thankfully we thought to bring our sun sail, which now has mutated into a rain tarp. Without it, it would definitely be absolutely miserable. Well,...

Destination: Italy

Our plans to leave at 11 am were mostly met today…but we didn’t come very close to making it to Salzburg by 1 pm. It seems that every slow moving vehicle which could have been on the road in front of us, was. We eventually arrived at the highway rest stop...

Bella Italia!!

We’re on our way to Italy and the navi says we’ve only got 140 km to go. We started out at about 11 am this morning and intended to meet up with Steffen and Steffi at 1 pm at a rest stop outside of Salzburg, Austria. But what should have taken us 2 hours...

On the road again…

Well, after not doing much traveling at all for a while, we will be traveling quite a bit in the coming week. We are taking a trip to Tuscany from Germany with the Defender, the dog and will be joined by two friends who are driving along in their VW bus.You might...

Guard dogs & Mornings

I think something that almost everyone wants in their own dog is to feel some sort of protection. Obviously with a 50 pound Newf at your side (who has a lot further to grow) you do feel some bit of safety with her around. We have also seen her protective side while...