: : Back to Italy, second time is a better time : :
Friday, August 20, 2004
Milan, Venice and Florence - 4 days in a 4 door...
Went back to Italy, this time with Laura, and without Esteban and his 180+km/h driving…
Driving through Switz we found a really cool lake to sit, chill and eat lunch – really got a big thing for canned, tomato sauce tuna now – and its so cheap!!
Laura crashed out most of the drive, so whilst she was out I drove us to Bellinzona so she could see the 3 castles near there. She loved it and it meant a free get out of jail card for me later. Nah not really…Although I still haven’t cashed that one in yet…Hmmm.
Back on track – we arrived to Como in ok time, but I lost 2 hours trying to find the friends place where we were staying – have been there a few times now and it is really easy to find, providing you find that first turn-off which no you never bloody can!
Anyways – a nice pizza meal in Milano followed by some brief shopping the next day (should see my new porn sunnies – they are huge!!! Courtesy of vogue and a small country foreign debts’ worth of cash)….Next stop was Venice.
Been there done that, but to go back a second time and share the beauty of the place with someone you love – it was unbelievable….I have tried to black out from my memory the fact that I was lost here for about 2 hours as well trying to find our hotel room….In all seriousness though it was soo great. The 14€ gin and tonic was just a bit too touristy though – ripped off!!
Next stop in our Black VW Golf (after some initial difficulty with gears, I have grown to love this car) was Florence….Real beautiful city, but again, lost for 2 hours, this time driving round and round the city trying to find a park for the car that wouldn’t cost over 30€ for a night! Insane man….
Did the leather markets and found out from one rambunctious salesman that “to try is free, to buy is a pleasure”...Well let me tell you, there pleasure would be all his if we paid the 240€ he was asking for a jacket…pffft!
We settled for a new handbag for Laura and a work satchel for me.
Will stick up a photo mix to give you a look when I get the pics from Laura.
As always can check my pic library at Sony Image Station (I will upload some pics in the next week or so then post a new link) for a look at the whole Euro Trip (which on a complete tangent is the name of a movie I saw recently….Starring some random guys, Buffy’s Sister and Vinnie Jones in the part of a football hooligan – this movie is so funny…wet your pants, fall off your seat kinda funny – check it out here....
