Day 132 - 08/09/19 - Brentino, Italy
We had had such heavy rain overnight and there was no sign of it stopping. The temperature dropped to 7 degrees too 😱. We thought...
Jacksons Escape in a Motorhome
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We had had such heavy rain overnight and there was no sign of it stopping. The temperature dropped to 7 degrees too 😱. We thought...
We said goodbyes to the Willy Hotel and continued our journey north. We headed for Austria, and as Slovenia was nearby, we planned our...
We found it so relaxing in the grounds of the Willy Hotel that we decided to stay another day / night. I spent the morning catching up...
Today was time to move on again, having had quite a few days in and around Venice. We travelled north to Palmanova, a 9 star-shaped...
Another beautiful sunrise 🥰 And another day chilling; drinking beer, BBQ and watching the boats go by.
Last night we had a dramatic electrical storm - lots of lightning and wind, but no thunder or rain, it was amazing to watch. Despite the...
We had a lovely day chilling by the Motorhome, taking advantage of the pitch we had right on the edge of the Lagoon. We saw kayaks,...
Whilst the site was great for families, it wasn’t really what we were looking for on our journey. We had planned to go back over to...
Chris caught the sun appearing behind a huge boat as it passed by the campsite this morning. We moved to another campsite a little...
Today we had a lazy day chilling on the campsite, watching the various boats go by. We had fresh fruit salad with yogurt for breakfast,...
We woke up suffering from last night; we both had hangovers and we were covered in bites. Oh well, we had breakfast and went to get our...
We said goodbye to the mesmerising lake this morning, it was so calm an peaceful I could just stare into it all day. What is it about...
We left the campsite, and I had one last look at the pool - it was so inviting. We headed to a camp shop. Chris had fitted USB points...
So today we took the bus to Lucca. Not too far to the bus stop, but such a dangerous road, full of Italian drivers 🤣 Lucca is bigger...
We did a couple more loads of washing this morning - all caught up now 😊 Chris added a couple of extra fans to the fridge. It has only...
We did some food shopping before we left Serravalle, and I treated myself to a haircut - I was a little worried trying to explain what I...
We left Mombaracaro and headed for Ovado, to a stopover that was described as being by the river next to a lovely village. We arrived at...
Today is our 32nd wedding anniversary 🥰 To celebrate, we had a bottle of Asti for breakfast, a bottle of Asti for lunch, and a bottle of...
This morning, we headed into Canelli, to go on the Asti tour. We followed the sat nav, and parked up, but we couldn’t find the place we...
We saw that Asti wasn’t too far away, and so we agreed to make that out next stop. The Italian roads are so worn, much worse than back...