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Piazza Solferino

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    • Day 10

      06.07.17: Fra Torino til Venedig

      July 6, 2017 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

      Vi besluttede efter en rigtig lang dag i går at sove længe. Turen gik til Venedig, så vi skulle krydse det meste af Norditalien. Vi fik set lidt serie og hygget os om morgen - det var virkelig dejligt!
      Metro stationen Nizza lå ikke langt fra Faisals lejlighed, hvilket gjorde turen til stationen meget smertefri. På stationen havde vi ca 1,5 time inden toget gik til Venedig. Vi havde købt reservation, så toget gik direkte og det tog kun 3 timer. Inden, så sad vi på en lille cafe og fik en forfriskning samtidig med at vi søgte lidt på de kroatiske øer. Efter Venedig går turen nemlig til Slovenien og derefter en kroatisk ø, som det ser ud lige nu. Planen kan jo nå at ændre sig mange gange med et interrail pass i hånden.
      Overvejelsen gik på hvilken kroatisk ø, vi skulle besøge. Der er alligevel en del af vælge imellem. Vi har snakket lidt om Krk, som er den største og den som er nemmest tilgængelig, da den er forbundet med hovedlandet gennem en bro. Den anden vi har snakket om er Brac, som ligger ud for byen Split. Her skal vi først med toget hele vejen til Split fra Ljubljana og derefter med båd. Det er en lang tur og det tæller en del ned, men Brac skulle være flottere og mere uberørt end Krk, som er meget turistet.

      Da vi omkring 17.30 ankommer til Venedig, skal vi med en bus ud til camping Rialto, som ligger lidt udenfor byen. Vi fandt hurtig bus stationen, men de havde ikke lige en oversigtstavle over hvor hvilke busser gik fra, men heldigvis var der en flink ekspedient i billetboden, som kunne hjælpe os.
      Vi tjekkede ind i vores lille træhytte, som bestod af to senge - det var nu meget hyggeligt, men vi frygtede godt nok for, hvor varmt det ville blive! Vi havde faktisk også noget der mindede om toppen af et bord med en ledning i - vi fandt senere ud af, at det var en "heater", det skulle vi bestemt ikke nyde noget af.
      Vi var så heldige, at der lå en Lidl lige overfor, hvilket gjorde indkøb en del nemmere eftersom jeg(Charlotte) har handlet i Lidl i to år i streg, da jeg boede på kollegiet. Jeg kendte derfor alle mærker og det var nu meget rart. Vi købte lidt ind til aftensmad og snacks til dagen efter, hvor vi skulle ind til Venedig og se den berømte by.

      Vi fik i løbet af aften vasket tøj i hånden og hængt det op foran vores lille hytte. Det var nu rart at være på camping - det tager os tilbage til dengang vi camperede i min mormor og hendes mands campingvogn i Henne ude ved den jyske vestkyst - gode tider!

      Ellers så stod den på 'Uno', som er en af de få spil vi kan enes om. Jeg indrømmer gerne, at jeg ikke altid er den bedste taber i verden :)
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    • Day 19

      Farewell Paris

      January 2, 2017 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C

      Today we had to pack up and catch a train to Turin, Italy. Once again lugged our luggage on and through the metro. Boarded the train at 10.40 for a 6 hour train trip. We decided to go first class for this leg of the trip. A bit more leg room and for the scenery. First hour was heavy fog but then it did clear for the rest of the way. It was funny because we packed our lunch and took our drinks. We are just having a stop over as it's too long of a trip to Florence in one day. While waiting at the train station I was taking photos of the Christmas decorations and the military accidentally photobombed. The
      police boarded the train in a town in France and checked our passports. In 2013 not once did we have our passports checked. David our tour guide said they have tightened up the border security and since then there haven't been any attacks. Before you could go anywhere in Europe without being checked. Whilst there were a lot more police, military & security checks not once did we feel unsafe. It's just a different world we live in now. When we got off the train it was nice not to get that instant brain freeze. It's cold but not like Paris was. Meant to be the coldest winter for 2 hundred years. Would like to visit Europe when it's normal weather. We found a restaurant for tea and we all had pizza, which was really nice for Italian pizza. Dave order a dessert that he saw on the next table. A cake filled with cherries and custard. The guy bought 4 forks over he must have known we would all try it. Brodie and Kellie dived into it and it was laced with rum. It was so funny, it made the waiters night- they couldn't stop laughing.
      He bought a little bit of cake over without the rum for them try. We could have done with that in Paris to warm us up. Brodie has been a bit giggly after his mouthful.
      We had nice night out, with Kellie taking us a shorter way home except she missed the street and ended up being longer way home.

      Overview of Paris:
      We found Paris a lot more expensive than Amsterdam and Germany. Really miss the street food we tried from both places. Street food in Paris is just to rip the tourists off.
      Didn't like dodging dog poo all the time and all the little streams from the building walls.
      Where we stayed in 2013 the streets were pristine clean, but where we stayed I thought the streets were dirty. David our tour guide said it was a posh area. Too posh to clean up after their dogs.

      Photo 1 - My photo bombers
      Photo 2 - Our first class lunch
      Photo 3 & 4 - Scenery on the way
      Photo 5 - Birthday tea
      Photo 6 - Baba cake
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