After many hours of traveling, beginning with our arrival at Gatwick Airport south terminal at 9am BST (having traveled separately) we ate a lovely breakfast and eventually boarded the plane around 12noon BST.Upgrading to Premium Economy was a great shout, … Read more
Back to Blighty! But our journey has been made a tad more complex due to the international airport being an hour away from Milan, despite it being called “Milan airport” and it being much closer to another city (never mind). … Read more
Our breakfast, much like our bijou room (with the corners cut off the bed to save space), was pretty minimal and a tad disappointing if we’re honest – compared to the wonderful breakfast we had in Tirano. Poked into the … Read more
For those who’re fans of the Pixar film ‘The Incredibles’, I know you’ll be repeating the title of today’s blog using the voice of Edna Mode. (She’s a wonderful character, especially in the second film – but enough already.) After … Read more
Our day started with the best breakfast yet, despite the fact it was 1e more than previous breakfast’s so far. The plum flan was the highlight and had a texture which was similar to shortbread. Anyhow, today’s postcard will be … Read more
The Bernina Express runs from Tirano in the south up to Chur. I won’t bore you with too many details but to give a quick overview I’ll include an extract from the RHB website. The most spectacular way to cross … Read more
Today we covered many kilometres of Italy, by train and discovered the trains are pretty cheap but the taxis in Milan aren’t. It cost us 7e to travel by train from Verona to Milan (approx 75km / journey time 1hr … Read more
“Dear passengers, we would like to tell you the 10:10hrs to Verona Porta Nuova is about to depart. Anyone not travelling to Verona should disembark now!”Once my brain had processed the message played across the train’s PA system, visions of … Read more
After breakfast (continental with no hot options – not that either of us would have had cooked), we ambled to the meeting point (KFC near the railway station) for our tour of Murano and Burano. As we’d deliberately left early … Read more
Flying out of Stansted with Ryan Air at 6am, approx 2 hours later we arrived at Venice airport. Safely through passport control, we collected our bags and enquired where the riverboat taxi departed. Perplexed to be told we needed the … Read more
