The Atominium in Brussels
A statue I want in my garden! (Brussels)
Parc du Cinquantenaire - cross between Arc d'triumph & Brandenburg Gate
Inside the auto museum in Parc du Cinquantenaire
Bern - just cycled in from our campsite
Bern with its old vaulted covered pavements
Bern clocktower
The man ringing the bell in the Bern clock tower
Bern clock tower (bit of a let down really!)
Mel giving advice on a Chess game in Bern
Us with Bern in background
Running along the Rhone in Saillon
Mel having a lie in!
Mounded castle at Saillon
View from Saillon castle in the valley in the Alps
Ryan at the top of the tower
Saillon castle
An eagle (?) we saw in a cage....
Sion with Sion castle in background
Our wild camping stop in Munster
Us in the morning!
A helicopter lifting trees!
The Simplon pass.....
The Simplon pass..... Almost blizzard like in places....
Mel testing her wet weather gear in Verbania
Rapallo harbour (we were camping right on it)
Part of the lovely view we saw on the way to Pisa
Lucca square
Mel in front of Luca Duomo
Us with Lucca in the background
Pisa Marina “aire” with mountains in background on one side; and the sea on the others.
The leaning tower of Pisa. Actually very impressive for real!
The angle is more apparent on base
The Tower and surroundings
Why the tower REALL stays upright :)
The towers at San Gimignano
San Gimignano view
Mel in the quiet old streets of Certaldo
Ryan in Certaldo
Us enjoying a good bottle of wine (a bit early for the locals!!)
Pizza! (Place got busier - honest!)
The view from our wild camping spot in Capodimonte
Little island in lake Bolsena (we think its an island - its not on our map!)
Rough plan of week 2 of our Italy tour
Mel at Trevi Fountain, Rome
The statues at the top of Tevi
Mel and Janet in Rome in front of, erm, some statue
Ryan and Mel in frunt of Colosseum
Ourside the Presidential Palace
Ryan, Mel and our friends Janet and Tom in Rome.
Saint Peters Square, Rome
Ryan in front of a fountain thing in St Peters Square
Us in front of the vatican
Riome skyline
The monument to the unknown soldier
The viwe of the colesseum from the unknown soldier
Inside the Colosseum
Palatine ruins
Mel in Palatine ruins
Mel in front of impressive forum relics
A big arch
Mel being speedy on the way back from Rome
The lovely view from Villa d'Este, Tivoli
A fountain at Villa D'Este, Tivoli
A whole line of fountains at Villa D'Este, Tivoli
Castel Galolfo view from our wild camping spot
Mel on the beach near out camping spot at Sperlonga
Mel flying....
Ryan flying
Mel in action (looks a bit karate kid style!!)
Rough route of week 3
Mel with (one of many!) ice cream!
View whilst travelling
Mel sniffing gasses at the Volcano...
Poor Mel - suffering again!
Greek temple in Pozzuoli
Mel in Pompei
Dead body in Pompei
Some of the Pompei ruins
Some of the Pompei ruins - Ampitheatre - quite impressive actually
Us, cold, in Pompei
Paestrum ruins - SUPERB!
Us at Paestrum
Some of the ancient art at the Paestrum
rude art at Paestrum!
Some of the newer Sassis at Matera
The older Sassis at Matera
Our harbour view from wildcamping at Savelletri
Alberobello roofs and huts
A typical street in Alberobello
An apt sign in Bari
Mel in the lovely town of Giovinazzo
Rough route of week 4
The official overnight spot in L'Aquila with the mountains in teh background
Us on our 17m run near L'Aquilia
Us on a long bike ride in L'Aquila.
The lovely hilltop town of Trevi from the road
One of the lovely Trevi houses in the back streets
Mels Pizza!
Chocolate and nut Pizza!
Us with lemon shots. Yuck
Assisi. (Erm - we also drove through here. Oops)
Assisi
Entertaining Barry & Hazel (bizzare coincidence!!!!)
*SNAP* in Italy - but the story is more coincidental than that....
Us with Barry (guy we met in Holland in November)
*SNAP* in Italy
Rough route of trip 3 week 5
The view of the Tuscan hills from Radda
One of Radda Plazas
Radda street
One of the ancient tunnels in Radda
Us just outside our free aire in Radda
Florence, Santa Maria Novella, a 13c church
The mightily impressive Duomo in Florence
Mel in front of Duomo
The paradice doors
View of Ponte Veccho
View over Ponte Vecchio
View from Ponte Vecciho
Statues and fountain in Piazza Della Signoria
Mel enjoying a tipple
White out in San Marino
San Marino in the distance
Mel wet in Ferrara
Big church in Ferrara
Ferrara market square with medeival buildings
Ryan in Treviso
Busy Treviso - don't ask about the hand signal
Treviso city walls and moat
Ryan eating Al Fresco in Treviso
Mel still sober....
Venice - San Simeonpiccolo
A view down Canale Cannaregio venice
Not another ice cream Mel..... :)
Venice
View down Canale Grande
St Marco Square, Venice
Mel alomgside Canale Di San Marco
Us next to Mel alomgside Canale Di San Marco
Washing in Venice
View of Isola Di San Giorgio Maggiore
View from canal bus
View from Canal bus
View of Ponte Di Rialto from canal bus
Rough route of trip 3 week 6
Verona Plaza D'Erbe
Fountain in Verona Plaza D'Erbe
The impressive Sant Anastasia in Verona
The Ponte Scaligero in Verona part of Castel Vecchio
Something in the distance in Verona! No idea what...
Mel in the vast Piazza Bra in Verona
Juliettes Balcony in Verona
Us having a meal in Garda
View from our camping site over Garda
Como
Como with steep railway in background
Its a tough life - resting in Como
2 bugs having nookie in Como - almost squished them - what a way to go though :)
Sea plane landing in Como
Our hidden spot for camping in Como
Us in Como
Como town
Beers in Como
Mel in Lucerne
View over the lake in Lucerne
Basel town hall (Rathaus)
Basel
Strasburg with cathedral in background
Holey roof in Strasburg
Strasburg
Loads of vans camping (max 8!) in Metz
Metz cathedral at night
Rough route of trip 3
Route route of trip 3 week 7
