Walked the Cannaregio region today – in fact we walked miles today, Cannaregio, west to east, Castello then all the way bag by the most… Read More »Day 29 – A bridge too far

We catch happiness’ euphoria fleetingly, like seeing a faint star from the corner of our eye. It seems to arise from simple moments; stirring froth… Read More »Day 28 – It’s the wine

We’ve got this moving thing down pat and are down for breakfast in the little square across from our Airbnb in no time. We sit… Read More »Day 27 – Fly me to the moon

Bit of a sleep in this morning and a walk down to Duchi again for breakfast. They only do coffee and pastries so by the… Read More »Day 26 – Troglodytes

Too many more perfect weather days and we shall need a day off! Another cool, clear blue sky day. Di fixes us a coffee with… Read More »Day 25 – Wine, cheese and Romans

We’d seen Mumford and his mate before. At least six foot tall, earrings, nose rings, big bushy black and grey bikers beard, jeans T-Shirt and… Read More »Day 23 – Site Seeing

One more gloriously cool sunny day. After last nights reveling we slept late, breakfasted late, went for a lovely afternoon walk, dined in the hotel… Read More »Day 22 – Veg Day

We went to Dachau today. Everyone knows at least something about it. To see the scale of it, the scale of the depravity is awful.… Read More »Day 21 – Sobering

The reason for writing see, is that the details fade as time goes on – time measured in minutes in my case, and now it’s… Read More »Day 20 – Cycling

Beautiful, crisp, clear day to day. White frost on the park across the way and on the car rooves. We rug up and wander into… Read More »Day 19 – Golden