Greg: Venice... if this is how the rest of Italy is going to be, i don't think we will make it any further - we have fallen in love already with the food, people, waterways, food, wine, basilicas, and food. Getting there was slightly longer than expected as we sat on the tarmac for an extra two hours in Hong Kong, due to their airport not letting us take off. We did however take the opportunity to strike conversation with the fidgeting passenger to my immediate right. Initially assuming he was French due to the mumbling of discontent towards his seat, tv, headphones and temperature, I was happily proved wrong when we started talking travel and learnt he was a Spanish garment designer who flew to a different country almost every week for contact work). Fastforward
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