European Escapade Day 15 – Venice to Vienna
Oh coach days, how fun you are. They’re all starting to blend together at this point, especially when we sleep through most of them. Our drive today did take us through some stunning scenery though, as we climbed…
European Escapade Day 14 – Venice
Venice is definitely my favourite city so far on this trip. It’s so different to anywhere else, with all the canals and narrow streets, and so beautiful. We took the ferry over first thing in the morning, and…
European Escapade Day 13 – Rome to Venice
Not a very exciting day to report I’m afraid. We drove from Rome back to Florence to pick up our driver, who has to take a day off, so we were all really excited to see him again.…
European Escapade Day 12 – Rome
There’s so much to see in Rome that it’s impossible to yet round it all in the space of time we were there, but we made a damn good go of it. As it was a Wednesday, the…
European Escapade Day 11 – Florence to Rome
So much for uneventful travel days! The drive from Florence to Rome is far shorter than any other we’ve done so far, so we arrived there in the early afternoon. We weren’t warned of this though, so everyone…
European Escapade Day 10 – Florence
Florence is a beautiful city, and I’m expecting that the rest of Italy will be the same. It’s also been really hot here, which makes things nicer. We started the day with a leather demonstration at Leonardo’s, since…
European Escapade Day 9 – French Riviera to Florence
Hey there Italy! On to a new country today. It was another driving day, but we did get to make an exciting stop to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was a bit surreal to see…
European Escapade Day 8 – French Riviera
The French Riviera is a lovely stretch of coast, especially on a day as nice as we had. In the morning we went to the Fragonda perfumery, and got some stunning views out to sea on the drive.…
European Escapade Day 7 – Barcelona to French Riviera
Today was one of our more interesting coach days, as we stopped off in Arles for an hour or two. It was really interesting to just wander through it, as there are lots of Roman remains throughout, including…
European Escapade Day 6 – Barcelona
Barcelona is such an interesting city! It’s definitely got that fun summer Spanish vibe to it, but is also totally unique compared to any other city I’ve been to. There’s so many buildings with really unusual architectural designs…