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  • Day74

    Day 74. Dubai to Adelaide

     October 17, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    A 5 hour flight from Venice to Dubai.
    Connecting flight. 75 minute wait.
    A 12 hour flight from Dubai to Adelaide.
    We arrived 20 minutes early at 8:30pm in Adelaide!! Then an hour waiting for luggage and standing on a single line for everyone to go through customs.
    Home Sweet Home.    Read more

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  • Day73

    Day 73b. Venice Airport

     October 16, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    We navigated our way back from our free ranging stroll through the back streets of Venice, to a recognisable landmark by about 11:10. We figured it was about time to head back and jump on a vaporetto to the Airport. We wanted to ride the Grand Canal so we walked along the waterfront to St Marks Square and then followed the signs along the main drag to Rialto Bridge. The canal trip was great and then the boat speed across the lagoon to the airport.
    We recovered out luggage from storage €28 and headed home.    Read more

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  • Day73

    Day 73a. Venice, Italy

     October 16, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    When in Venice we have a tradition with Julie Lewington and Neil Crossing to eat fresh strawberries by the Grand Canal. This was our priority after breakfast.
    Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals – including the Grand Canal thoroughfare – lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics, and the Campanile bell tower.
    With this longer history you would think they could put in a few more sign posts to let you know how to walk around without getting completely lost. But no. We get lost everytime we move off the main thorough fare. In fact we can even get lost when we are on it. This even when Ron is normally a flaming homing pigeon.    Read more

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  • Day73

    Day 73. Venice, Italy to Dubai, UAE

     October 16, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    Last day today. An epic 74 day journey through 10 countries. This journey would not have been possible without the support from many of my wonderful relatives in Germany.
    Breakfast in Santa Sofia Cafe across from our accommodation. Followed by a final walk around the narrow walkways of the old city of Venice.
    We took the orange line Alilaguna public water bus from the Rialto bridge to the airport via the Grand Canal.    Read more

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  • Day72

    Day 72a. Venice, Italy

     October 15, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    We made our way to our accommodation Alloggi Santa Sofia, Cannaregio 4183. This is the third time we have stayed here. It is great accommodation and on the main street to St Mark Square. We dropped off our overnight backpacks and headed off for Gelati, a walk around the sites and exciting and busy streets. Pizza, cannelloni and red wine at an outdoor restaurant and St Mark’s Square at night.Read more

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  • Day72

    Day 72. Crailsheim to Venice

     October 15, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    Our last breakfast in Germany. Farewell to Mucki and Wolfgang (Ash, Jas, Kim’s German Mama and Papa).
    On the train at 9:26am for Nürnberg Hbf then another train to München Hbf then a local train to München Flughafen.
    A misty morning travelling to München.
    The day warmed up. We caught the 3pm Air Dolomiti flight to Venice arriving at 4pm. We stored our suitcase and two large backpacks at the airport at ‘Left Luggage’ for 14€. We took the Vaporetti Alilaguna (public transport water buses) 24hr ticket for 15€ each to F. Te Nove station passing Murano and San Michele Islands.    Read more

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  • Day71

    Day 71. Crailsheim, Germany

     October 14, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Our last day in Germany. Packing done. An extra 10kg packaged for the post office. Relaxing in superb weather on ‘our’ upstairs balcony at Mucki and Wolfgang Kohr’s house and the family balcony.

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  • Day70

    Day 70a. Crailsheim, Germany

     October 13, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    It’s Sunday and the trains are full of people dressed in Dirndls and Lederhosen on their way to the Bad Cannstatt Volksfest fair.
    Mucki and Wolfgang picked us up from the Crailsheim Bahnhof and drove us to relatives, Rona and Michael (Michael is Herbert and Ingrid’a son) for coffee and cake. Sons Nikolas and Jonas and friend Annika.
    Home again with Mucki and Wolfgang. We love it here. Maultaschen Suppe and Mucki’s delicious Kartoffel salat for dinner.    Read more

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    Day 70. Tettnang to Crailsheim

     October 13, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Happy birthday Franka. 8 years old today.
    We had a celebration breakfast with Franka’s favourite Marmokuchen. Stefan played the piano and we sang happy birthday in English and German.
    Final farewells and off to the train station in Friedrichshafen at 10:45 to catch our 11:13am train to Singen then Stuttgart then Crailsheim.Read more

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