We arrived in San Gimignano in the late afternoon after our stop in Castellina in Chianti. It's probably the largest of all the towns w...
Tuscany - Castellina in Chianti
To be honest, we never really planned to go to Castellina in Chianti. We stumbled across it after spending an hour and a half driving up wi...
Tuscany - Montepulciano
After spending the morning in Cortona, our next stop was Montepulciano. It was about another 45-50 minute drive from Cortona, and we arrive...
Tuscany - Cortona
The best part about staying in the Tuscan countryside with our own car, was that we were able to decide where we wanted to go and when, wit...
Tuscany - Arezzo
We caught the train from the Cinque Terre to Siena on Monday. The train journey takes about 3 and a half hours. The italian train system is...
Cinque Terre - Final night in Monterosso
We spent our final night in Monterosso at the beach. We were so tired after spending the whole day going between the different towns, we re...
Cinque Terre - Day Two - Vernazza
Vernazza is probably the next biggest town after Monterosso. It's a small and charming fishing village, and the only town with a proper...
Cinque Terre - Day Two - Corniglia
Corniglia is different to the other towns in the Cinque Terre. It is elevated 100 metres above the sea, and only reachable by climbing the ...
Cinque Terre - Day Two - Manarola
So we returned to Manarola after having to go all the way back to Monterosso. It wasn't too bad, we only lost about an hour overall. Bu...
Cinque Terre - Day Two - Riomaggiore
We woke up on Sunday and we had to have breakfast inside, instead of on the terrace at our B&B. The storm the day before had trashed th...
Arrival in the Cinque Terre - Monterosso al Mare
We left Pisa just after 11.30 a.m. and caught the train to the Cinque Terre. We were staying in Monterosso al Mare, which is the largest of...
First Day in Italy - Morning in Pisa
We flew into Pisa from London Gatwick on Saturday night. Our flight was delayed for over an hour due to what they said was severe thunderst...
Sneak peek of our last day in Florence
We filmed this video at the top of the Campanile next to the Duomo. Have just realised I have spelt it incorrectly in the title. Frustrating...
Lazy Bank Holiday Weekend
We had another bank holiday weekend this past weekend. That makes three in May alone. It's awesome. Sadly, the next one isn't until...
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