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  • Miami South Beach, Day 1, 240224

    Miami South Beach, Day 1, 240224

    The day started off at Sofitel Heathrow with a 6:30 am wake up to allow us to be at the airport in plenty of time. The hotel is in a perfect location as it is a five minute under cover walk to terminal 5. https://all.accor.com/hotel/6214/index.en.shtml?utm_campaign=seo+maps&utm_medium=seo+maps&utm_source=google+Maps Heathrow was busy but we were fast-tracked through security once…

  • Vilnius Day 2, 311223 New Year’s Eve

    Vilnius Day 2, 311223 New Year’s Eve

    The day started at a leisurely pace with a lovely breakfast in the hotel. We had a good choice of cold cut meats, cheeses, salad, fruits, pastries and yogurts. There was also a menu if we wanted anything cooked to order, such as omelette or boiled eggs, so plenty to choose from. We went out…

  • Italian Job 2, Day 14, Murano and Burano, 060823

    Italian Job 2, Day 14, Murano and Burano, 060823

    We had a leisurely get up on Sunday. It was a beautiful sunny morning even though there had been overnight rain. We tried a restaurant nearby that did different breakfast options. The waiter got a bit grumpy with JC when he asked to change his coffee from a cappuccino to an americano as this wasn’t…

  • Italian Job 2, Day 13, Venezia, 050823

    Italian Job 2, Day 13, Venezia, 050823

    We had a smooth checkout at the hotel on Saturday morning, and a taxi was ready within five minutes to take us to Stazione Porta Nueva. The 11:00am Trenitalia Frecciarossa train was taking us on a 75 minute journey to Venezia Santa Lucia. We had a complimentary lunch box given to us on the train…

  • Italian Job 2, Day 12, Verona, 040823

    Italian Job 2, Day 12, Verona, 040823

    Breakfast was good in the hotel on Friday morning. I would have gone back for seconds but an old guy had coughed into his hand and then pretty much touched every piece of serving cutlery…. I knew I wouldn’t starve. We had pre-booked La Casa Di Giulietta (The House of Juliet) for 9:45am, on Via…

  • Italian Job 2, Day 11, Verona, 030823

    Italian Job 2, Day 11, Verona, 030823

    We were up quite early this morning as the latest check out time was 10:00am. We also thought it might give us a head start with the traffic as we left Riva Del Garda. How wrong we were; we were no sooner leaving Riva before the traffic had built up and came to a virtual…

  • Italian Job 2, Day 10, Lago Di Garda, 020823

    Italian Job 2, Day 10, Lago Di Garda, 020823

    After breakfast we had planned to go up the funicular in Riva Del Garda which takes you up to the Bastion. It gives brilliant views of the town from up there, as well as Lago Di Garda. Unfortunately, we got there to see a sign telling us that the funicular was temporarily closed. I think…

  • Italian Job 2, Day 9, Riva del Garda, Lago Di Garda, 010823

    Italian Job 2, Day 9, Riva del Garda, Lago Di Garda, 010823

    It was another sunny day when we left Bergamo on Tuesday morning. We set off at 10am as the sat nav said it should take 2.5 hours to drive to our next destination. This was Riva del Garda, a town at the north end of Lago Di Garda. I knew there would be narrow roads…

  • Italian Job, Day 8, Bergamo, 310723

    Italian Job, Day 8, Bergamo, 310723

    It was a bit dull when we woke up on Monday morning but it soon brightened up by the time we went for breakfast on the outside terrace of the hotel. It was buffet style so we could choose from cold meats, cheeses, bread, yogurt, cereal, juices and hot beverages. We walked into the city…

  • Italian Job 2, Day 7, Bergamo, 300723

    Italian Job 2, Day 7, Bergamo, 300723

    Following the thunderstorms during Saturday night, we woke to a wet and dull Lake Como. We weren’t too bothered as we were leaving today for the next part of our journey, to Bergamo. The sun came out as we went for breakfast and we’re given the best table in the hotel: five floors up with…