Mon. Weeks Regions Cities
April 27-28 Lombardia Fly to London, Milan
May 29-5 Milan; Veleso, Lake Como
6-12 Como; Bergamo
Veneto Verona
13-19 Padova (Venice)
20-26 Emilia-Romagna Bologna (Parma, Modena, Rimini)
27-2Umbria Perugia
June 3-9 Perugia
10-16 (Citta di Castello, Spoleto)
17-23 (Assisi, Torgiano, Todi)
24-30 (Spello, Umbertide, Gubbio)
July 1-7 (Assisi, Spoleto again)
8-14 (Lago di Trasimeno, Orvieto,
Norcia, Castellucio, Visso, Seven Valleys)
15-21 (Verona, Firenze, Gubbio, Trevi)
22-28 (Seven Valleys, Siena)
29-4 Perugia; Torgiano; Narni
Toscana Firenze
Aug. 5-11 Lucca (Montecatini Terme); Pisa
12-18 Pisa (Livorno, Cinque Terre); Arezzo
19-25 Siena; Montepulciano
Abruzzo L'Aquila; Pescara; Sulmona
26-1
Lazio Rome
Sept. 2-8
Campania Napoli, Herculaneum, Pompeii
Puglia Bari; Lecce
9-15 Lecce (Otranto); Martina Franca (Locorotondo
Alberobello); Taranto (Matera)
16-22 Basilicata Marina de Maratea
Calabria Cosenza; Tropea
Sicilia Messina; Lipari, Isole Eolie
23-29 Lipari, Isole Eolie; Taormina; Catania; Siracusa
Oct. 30-6 Siracusa; Noto; Agrigento; Selinunte; Trapani
7-13 Palermo
Holland Amsterdam, Den Hage
14-20
UK Leeds
21-27 Leeds, York, Exeter, Fleet, London
28-1 Singapore Singapore transit to Australia

Blog Entries

Sporadic photos now added to all the pages below. You'll have to wait until we get back for the full photo tsunami. Summaries/blog entries as follows:

We're also putting together a page listing all of our accommodation for this trip, which doesn't necessarily constitute a list of recommendations, but may amuse: Sam and Hal's Dodgy Hotels

Oh, and of course Hal has a blog all about food and wine...

About Sam's Journey to this Journey

In 2006 Sam managed to -- by sheer lack of imagination -- obtain long service leave from the Australian Government, simply by doing what he was told for ten years. This "doing what he was told" also included going and living in the USA for 19 months, so it has been a tough ask. On the basis that he has no debts, no mortgage and no children, he applied to have said leave at half pay. This was approved and he has been insufferable ever since, having previously decided that Italy would be a good place to spend it.

For those wondering how this magical thought process went, it went thusly. Spending my long service leave in another country sounds good. Europe sounds especially good seeing as I've lived in the Americas. Southern Europe sounds warm. I like Italian food. Hmmm...

About Hal's Journey to this Journey

In 2006 Hal managed to do more impressive stuff. Or so says Sam. Hal's not entirely sure, being, as she is, a little in shock, still claiming jetlag, and pretty convinced that there were at least 39 months in 2006.

Anyhow, the list of Hal's 2006 activities goes roughly thus:

Apart from Italy...