Autohotel Ravenna

... Dave is having a lot more success at tanning than me.

So the time has come to move on again. Tomorrow we are getting the morning train to Venice, hopefully giving us the afternoon to look around and have some dinner before getting the night train to Budapest. It will be our first experience of a sleeper train and we have heard mixed reviews. Still, we are both excited and can't wait to get to Hungary... a step closer to Moscow!

Love!

Amy and Dave xx

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...so that is one way to paint it. Sounds lovely, doesn't it? Well it is!!

But this picture is also true...

I have wondered why on earth I knowingly and willfully came here!? Is this fun? Well heck no!!! It is hard work, I am in the middle of nowhere, it is filthy dirty – practically a junkyard! The conditions for the animals, in Italian standards are fair. However, I have a hard time stomaching it. The cows are kept in chains in a shed, the pigs in a ...

... and patchy beard. Together we explored the magic of the city, often with long bouts of silence in between words, yet completely satisfied with each others company (I supose I should only speak for myself – but he seemed happy. lol!)... He was like my own personal tour guide, leading us through the streets and metro stations like a local, with total patience - as all the Italian shoe stores seemed to hypnotize and lure me in! (Sorry Jen - haven ...

...klingt ja ziemlich schrecklich d** Titel - od** ?

Ab** d** Reihe nach.
D** Abend am Lago di Trasimeno war sehr angenehm und ruhig - nicht einmal die Eisenbahn haben wir gehört - die ziemlich nah am Platz vorbeifährt.
Haben beschlossen diesmal zu kochen . Einkauf beim Lidl und danngings los. Die Arbeiten waren gleich v**teilt.

Hannah - ... ich schneid´ den ...

We got to Rimini later that night after Pompeii. It was another 6 hour drive so again we were exhausted. We checked into the hotel and it was perfect. Nicer than the last one we were at. We had booked in advance for the night and the rate was 30eros cheaper than the next night so we (I) thought we would just get there and tell them we wanted another night at the same price. Unfortunately they played me harder than I played them and said they had no availability ...

... the track prices were so high for the gear and we got it for joining the fan club. From here we went to the town of Rimini and tried to find the Italian National motorcycle Museum. The GPS had us in the area but we couldn’t find it , even asking around was fruitless so we drove around the local airport side road amongst farm houses and came upon it tucked up a side road with very little signage. The man was heading out for lunch but also told us ...

... il mio italiano.
Le cose più belle sono successe in questo viaggio. Ho conosciuto gente dal tutto il mondo e ho fatto amici veramente di cuore. Al corso italiano che andavo ho conosciuto l'amore della mia vita e la persona migliore per girare il mondo. Ho cominciato a viaggiare molto purtoppo finora solo in Europa ma con la intenzione di andare dappertutto.
Milano, la grigia città secondo molti, la città più brutta di Italia, per me era incredibile...

... sold individual pizzas as well as slices. It was in the pedestrian mall between my hotel and the bus stop. The pizza was really good and not expensive. It was casual too so I did not feel awkward eating by myself. After the pizza I could not resist the ice cream place across the mall and made a selection that cooled me off after another hot day. 7/25 One interesting factoid I came across is that Ravenna is a sister city to Dubrovnik, Croatia - one of my all ...

... Nuovo, the Mausoleo di Galla Placidia, the Battissero Neoniano, the Museo Arcivescovile(which I think had a section closed for renovations) and the ultimate example of glass tile mosaic art...the Basilica di S. Vitale.

The Mausoleo di Galla Placidia is a small unassuming building in the shape of a Greek cross. After allowing my eyes to adjust to the dark interior, I was able to see a beautiful star filled dark blue ceiling in the nave area with a mosaic of Christ as ...

... bus when we first passed the hostel, but rather let me ride around the entire loop and let me off the second time around. Ahh yes...thank you Italian bus driver. So essentially, I got to the hostel and by that time, everything was closed. Not cool. So I walked around (Italy won their match in the meantime and I was treated to a wonderful half-hour long series of impromptu parades of happy Italians ...