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Day 5 - Monday - Bologna to Pavia
Waking up in Bologna left us a bit grumpy, but since we were going to the Ducati museum, we were happily distracted. Of course, on the way to Ducati, we got delayed, and then when we got to the factory, the parking was a nightmare, and I just got grumpier and grumpier until I was practically a demon when we finally got parked and rocked up to guard ( Read more... ) -
Day 4 - Sunday - Venice to Bologna
Ah, you know, some days in the holiday are a bit, well, misguided. This was one of them. The catalogue of errors included- dragging LD to see this very photogenic building - which would couldn't get next-to-near and had to photo (along with hoards of other people) through enormous railings, trying not to let the pile of modern building materials ( Read more... )
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Day 3 - Saturday - Venice.
Saturday was to be our big sightseeing day, so after breakfast (yummy pastries and coffees, but also shocking banana yoghurt) we forayed out into the heat of the day. Venice was beautiful in the sunshine, with so much colour in the stalls and the modern shops, contrasting with the sepia of the buildings and the old mask and poster shops. After a ( Read more... ) -
Day 2 - Friday - Gargnana - around the lakes - on to Venice
Eager beaver that I am, I dragged us out of bed early enough to have breakfast in the garden. Ah, the joy of pastries for breakfast. We were out and on the road early, with a planned drive around some of the smaller lakes and then onto Venice. ** TODO INSERT ROUTE HERE**. The roads ascending the mountains were incredible - single lane and turning ( Read more... ) -
Day 1 - Thursday - Airport to Gargnana.
Having packed like a demon all day Wednesday, it felt strange to be pootling around the house with little to do on Thursday monrning. As I hoovered, I couldn't help feeling like I'd forgotton to pack something essential. However, taxi came at 10:30 and put me out of my misery! On to the airport for a relaxed checkin (we WEREN'T over the luggage ( Read more... ) -
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Several things happen
Bad- ate too many apples on the way home and STILL have stomach ache :(
- work was a bit crappy (my brain is very explodey)
Good- I have a new iPhone. I love it very much. And those who gave it to me!
- ate too many apples on the way home and STILL have stomach ache :(
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it's so easy to get out of a good habit. I managed to update regularly for a whole bunch of days, and then I got distracted by something shiny ( Read more... ) -
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A great weekend - Mr Donnolly got married - how mad was that.
The weekend involved an epic amount of driving for luciddestiny - he had dreadful delays on the way there. I, on the other hand, spent the day in Manchester, and so got an easy train down to meet natural20 and, briefly, megglesmcgoo and her GC. Myself and N20 spent most of the evening chatting and exchanging gossip and ( Read more... ) -
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It's the weekend - long awaited during a mildly crappy week.
Worked late on Friday to get a few last things finished, and met Amir and luciddestiny in Shoreham, to go to the beach and watch the sun go down. Had dinner in a little local restaurant - wasn't that keen on the herring, but my monkfish was delicious ( Read more... ) -
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Today, less crappy than yesterday, workwise - although am still horrified by all things middle-management.
On the other hand, our tickets for Monza arrived this morning, so there's hope of wonderful things to come.