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Day 42 : Thursday 17 October : and we head back to Perth More than 24 hours later than we expected and we get to head home. The day chilling at the hotel wasn't all bad and gave us a chance to rest up. Every stop we made throughout Italy, we thought was so beautiful and so amazing that the next stop can’t be as good, but yet it continued to astound and surprise us with its magical beauty. It’s very easy to see why people want to return to Italy over and over again. Its beauty is staggering. As a rule, I don't return to where I've travelled, but we may need to make an exception for Italy. Total cost for 4 of us 6 weeks $25,000 AUD.... read more

Day 40 : Tuesday 15 October 2019 : Venice and to the airport Last day. Decided not to waste it and got online to book some tickets for Doges Palace (€52). Really interesting place. Bought some list minute souvenirs including a gorgeous charm for Kirsten (€80). Jodie had to try one last piece of pizza from Venice. Its scary but yet so cool and interesting, the rain's come in and as a result, San Marco's square is under water and its lapping at many of the streets. You can clearly see the issue they face as there hasn't been that much rain. Okay, we’ve cut it a little fine, but we’re ok, starting to find our way around. Get changed, pick up our bags and off we head off. So sad. We get to the terminal ... read more

Day 38 : Sunday 13 October 2019 : Venice, Italy Opti Shuttle 9.15am to Venice was the quickest, easiest and best value. Picked up on the corner near our accommodation. Long trip on a mini bus, but very comfortable, good speed with a pit stop at a Roadhouse. You get dropped on the outskirts of Venice and have to walk in because there are no cars in Venice arrive12.15pm. No point wheeling your luggage here, on the back it goes. Up and down stairs, through alleys. We got to the Piazza but couldn’t find the Airbnb after that, fortunately, the guy was waiting for us and we looked lost enough he figured it was us. Awesome little unit, modern and has everything, we love this one, has lots of extras. And there’s a little storeroom/shed underneath ... read more

Day 36 : Friday 11 October 2019 : Ljubljana The town is very pretty, wonderful atmosphere. We explored the ‘art district’ which I can say was very different, and almost scary… they ask you not to take photos with them in because the people don’t want to end up on social media as the police could then identify and find them. They were polite about it. We wandered around and back to the ‘nice’ part of town. Us girls did just a little bit of shopping in H&M, Kirsten bought a few things. Lunch and snacks around the markets, we are so having dinner at the markets tonight. Booked a tour for the cave and castle. €74 pp. Seemed expensive, but with door to door transfers and all the entry prices, it works out at a ... read more

Day 34 : Wednesday 9 October 2019 : Mount Vogel From the local station we took a bus to Ukanc (€16 ow). It seems to be in the middle of nowhere. We’re wearing exercise leggings, and Graham has no jumper, and its supposed to be about 2 degrees at the top of the Cable Car (€67). Oh well, off we go. Cable car doesn’t take long. Lovely views. It’s a ski field in winter. We take a walk around and it was awesome. Some fun sculptures, we headed out for a walk and the weather came in. It was a blanket of white, unbelievably windy, and the temperature was dropping quickly. It was quite exhilarating, and nothing we would ever experience at home. Brilliant experience. We head back to the restaurant and order some yummy lunch ... read more