Laters London - MC and JD's adventure back to NZ
It was a somewhat slow start to the day today and Alberto and Sarah dropped us back at the train station in Udine around midday. We refuelled on the train with some great vending machine finds salami and rosemary flavoured bread things. Great hangover cure.
Back in Venice we wandered around the Jewish quarter enjoying the warmer temperature again and finding lots of street art around us as we went. This is a pretty cool area, where the Jews were told to go live in the 1560’s. They were also locked in every night by Christian guards, who the Jewish council had to hire and pay themselves!
After some more wandering and shopping we found a little tavern suggested by the Italian girls in our room in Torre del Colle for a spritz on the waters edge and watched the world go by in boats and gondolas of all shapes and sizes. The drivers are so skilled here!
Back in St Mark’s square we found the line for the campanile was rather short so decided to head up the tower. After a long couple of days it was to our
Sunsets, pasta and tiramisu
August 26, 2018
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Cividale del Friuli to Venice, Italy
It was a somewhat slow start to the day today and Alberto and Sarah dropped us back at the train station in Udine around midday. We refuelled on the train with some great vending machine finds salami and rosemary flavoured bread things. Great hangover cure.
Back in Venice we wandered around the Jewish quarter enjoying the warmer temperature again and finding lots of street art around us as we went. This is a pretty cool area, where the Jews were told to go live in the 1560’s. They were also locked in every night by Christian guards, who the Jewish council had to hire and pay themselves!
After some more wandering and shopping we found a little tavern suggested by the Italian girls in our room in Torre del Colle for a spritz on the waters edge and watched the world go by in boats and gondolas of all shapes and sizes. The drivers are so skilled here!
Back in St Mark’s square we found the line for the campanile was rather short so decided to head up the tower. After a long couple of days it was to our
great surprise that there were no stairs but in fact a lift to take us up to see a fantastic view of Venice and the mountains as the sun was setting.
Time for dinner and we decided that our last meal in Italy really should include pasta and a tiramisu for Jo so we found a little restaurant, only 5 tables, by a canal where we had a fantastic meal. Croms dessert was lemon gelato served in a frozen lemon! Very impressive.
We managed to make it back to the train station before the last train. Venice is so quiet and peaceful at night in comparison and the full moon made for some lovely views over the water on our way back. We will be very sad to say goodbye to Italy tomorrow.
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On our way!
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The second longest travel day... so far!
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What we came to Norway for
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Travelling through postcard worthy scenery
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The city of seven mountains
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Our first overnight train and Ryanair sucks
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Tiger Woods and Ellie Lock
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Scotland in the school holidays
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A sleep in and a distillery
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Island hopping in Scotland
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A Ben is a mountain
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Highland weekend
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Hopefully the earliest start of the trip
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Catalonian culture and Spanish summers
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Travel lessons
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The Moorish Kingdom in Europe
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Exploring sunny Granada
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Holy shit it's hot
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Seville round 2
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Back to Madrid
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Spanish Culture and 101 Montaditos
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Travel days and Swiss facts
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Toddlers and Mountains
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Cow fighting and Swiss horn orchestra
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À bientôt Suisse et ciao Italia!
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Back to the seaside!
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Wine tasting and the beach
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Scenic walk and the beach
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Falling Towers and the Renaissance
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Michael and David
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Florence round two
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Avoiding flying Italians
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Tour de Umbria
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Don't go chasing waterfalls between 1 and 3pm
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Saints and signal failure
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Floating city and random catch ups
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Sunsets, pasta and tiramisu
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Ciao Italia, zdraveĭ Bŭlgariya
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More Romans and the Ottomans
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Balkan bites
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Victory Day!
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The oldest city….we have visited
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Pilgrimage to ANZAC Cove
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Living in caves
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Sun comes up, sun goes down
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Hiro tour let’s go!
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It’s a party in the sky with Turkish Airlines!
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Corn, fish sandwiches, and the art of bargaining
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The longest travel day by far
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Chilling and a cultural education
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Famous graves and forest walks
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Living like a local
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Escaping the city
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New York, New York!
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Bagels and memorials
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Old faces and sexy shoes
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J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS
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Green space in a concrete jungle
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“Bonus” night in NYC
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Toronto!
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We can play dodgeball!
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The bright lights of the big waterfall
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Roughriders and Whiskey
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The Sunshine State
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Going to the zoo zoo zoo
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California Sunsets
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I feel the need, the need for speed!... and shopping!
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Beverley Hillbillies
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A day at the beach
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Escape to suburbia
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Back to the hustle
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Last day on tour
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The most beautiful country in the world
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