Ciao from Italy

We've had a fun week in Italy with our friends, Steph and Bart. We met in Milan from where we caught a train, ferry and bus to reach Lezzeno, which is one of the towns on Lake Como. We spent a few days in Lake Como seeing the towns of Bellagio, Varenna and Menaggio. We saw a villa where scenes from the latest James Bond movie and a Star Wars movie were filmed. And we enjoyed swimming in the lake. Check out this video of Klas jumping on a trampoline on the Lake...

Then we spent a couple of days in Venice. It's a very romantic city. The highlight was taking a gondola ride through the smaller canals.

We spent the last two days in Florence where Steph and Bart bought enough leather goods to kill several cows (you might want to call PETA). We saw Michelangelo's statue of David, which was very beautiful. We also went to Pisa one afternoon where we climbed the Leaning Tower.

We arrived in Montepulciano in the region of Tuscany today. We have a two-bedroom apartment with amazing views. We are spending a week here touring the region...and drinking lots of wine.

Here are some photos from the week.

In Milan, waiting with our bags


Relaxing, listening to Harry Potter in the park in Milan


Traveling to Lake Como




Bellagio, Lake Como


Bellagio, Lake Como


Steph relaxing in Varenna, Lake Como


Lenno, Lake Como


Bellagio, Lake Como


Dinner in our apartment in Venice - thanks to Bart for cooking


Aahhh, so romantic...gondola ride in Venice


Grand Canal, Venice


Piazza San Marco, Venice


Leaning Tower of Pisa


Ponte Vecchio, Florence


Ponte Vecchio, Florence


Steph and Bart have drunk enough wine for all of us, Montepulciano


Montepulciano, Tuscany