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Arriving in Praha
Up early this morning so that we could catch the Metro down to Colosseo to be one of the first to arrive at the Colosseum and avoid the queue. Indeed we managed to be about tenth in line a couple of...
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Out to Chillon
Up early today and headed down to the SBB station to grab a train ride around Lake Geneva to the town of Montreux. The track runs around the lake with gorgeous views of the lake and the mountains...
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Morning in Pisa
The first day of the conference (but it didn’t start until the afternoon), so this morning so we got up early and headed off to Pisa to check out the sights before hand. I had had a great sleep in my...
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Conference underway
It was definitely a major struggle to get out of bed this morning in time to head off to Prato for the second day of the conference. After waking up early it ended up being no rush with Trenitalia...
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Yum
Up very early this AM and grabbed a taxi from UNA Hotel Vittoria to Stazione de Santa Maria Novella before heading back out to Prato. From there we headed to the the Monash campus and I was really...
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Last day in Prato
It has been a very busy week and today was the last part of the conference. When it was over, I was able to get on with a little bit of sightseeing across the city and a couple of days ago I booked...
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A day in Lucca
Up early for my birthday and headed down to meet my colleague to head off for a day trip out to Lucca. Lucca, according to the Lonely Planet, is gorgeous – so only being 90 minutes away on Trenitalia...
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Cross country on Trenitalia
Up early this morning and checked out of UNA Hotel Vittoria before catching a cab over Stazione de Santa Maria Novella to catch out Trenitalia Eurostar Italia service up to Bologna. It was only a...
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An island in an island
Up early this morning so that we could get to Venice as early as possible in the day. We checked out of the UNA Hotel Bologna and headed over to the main station for our Eurostar Italia service over...
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Grab a gondola
A small sleep in this morning for leaving Charming House and heading via vaporetto up to San Marco to join the hoards of people queuing for the Bascilica. The queue moved quickly and we were soon...
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Romeo oh Romeo
A leisurely wander out to breakfast this morning as we prepared to leave Charming House and head via the vaporetto back to Stazione Santa Lucia for our train to Verona. Charming House has been a great...
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Shoppers heaven
Up very early this morning – even earlier because of the very late night at Arena di Verona. Even my colleague, who never skips breakfast lest she become a bitch, only had a coffee before we checked...
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London transfer
So for the first time in the trip I actually managed to get a decent sleep in and an OK rest. The probelm with UNA Hotel Century was that it has these weird shutters which didn’t really keep out all...
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Arriving in Florence for some work
A slight sleep in this morning on what is officially the last day of the holiday with work in Florence starting tomorrow afternoon. That said the whole of today was pretty much spent on trains so not...
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Work concludes
Last day of work in Florence so took the opportunity to have a bit of a look around again this afternoon and I don’t fly out until tomorrow afternoon so I have the opportunity for a bit more of a look...
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Starting the long road home
A little sleep in this morning before the sun really started to peak through the curtains at Cerretani Firenze and I was forced to get up. I decided to head out to spend the morning checking out the...
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