10 AugustDaytrip to Venezia (Venice). I was very excited to be visiting Venice. We drove to a parking lot on the mainland (less expensive than the few on the islands) and caught a bus over the bridge. From here we caught a water bus (vaporetto) close to San Marco — the main square in Venice…

Apologies for the long time between posts but here is the second part of our trip to München and Italia. There will probably have to be yet another sequel — to round out the trilogy — before we are done with all we want to say and you are moved to tears (pick your reasons…

This is the first part of the report on our summer holiday to München (Munich) and northern Italy. Apologies for the formatting. All the photos here (including larger versions and a few more) are available at our photo page at Flickr. More from the holiday will be added a bit later. We’ve also tried to…

Just quickly, we are planning a trip for the summer down to Italia via München. The itinerary at this stage is: 1/8 Depart to München (Munich) 2/8-4/8 See München, including the Deutsches Museum. 4/8 Depart to Lago di Garda in Italia via Schloss Neuschwanstein (Joshua’s request). 4/8-12/8 Enjoy relaxing at Lake Garda, probably at Manerba…

On the Tuesday right before we left Australia, we went to Dreamworld with Aunty Donyque. It was cool and we all want to go back when we get back to Australia. She also took us to McDonald’s for lunch. One of the best rides was the Tower of Terror. They have a tower that goes…