Summer`s here at last

Hello again,

We are now in Venice and the key board characters are pretty normal but the punctuation is totally messed up so forgive my writing. Had a couple of relaxing nights in Austria on our way here. We were booked into stay at some Aussie pub but we were given a room at a guest house next door with a nice host named Annelise. Felt a wee bit isolated from everyone else but it probably worked out for the best as they all stayed up till 3am drinking and we are just getting too old for that kind of carry on. We think the Aussie pub must have imported lots of flys to make it more like home as there were a hell of a lot of them in this town. It can also rain rather well also. Had great weather on our second day though and went for a great walk into the countryside.

So we are now in Venice staying at a campsite near the city, convieniently located next to the noisy airport. The drive through Northern Italy was beautiful and it was actually quite cold when we arrived due to recent rain. The weather today has been perfect and not too hot. We jumped on the shuttle bus and headed into the city which is stunning as expected.

It is a bit of a maze to navigate but much easier when you actually dont have a detailed map and just follow your nose and the signs to the main landmarks. The main square is pretty nuts and full of my pet hates - pidgeons and other tourists. The ice cream makes up for this though. Once we got to a more quiet spot, the place is pretty unbeatable with the ocean, ancient buildings, warm sun, wide blue sky and cool sea breeze.