Friday 23 September - Goodbye Austria, hello Italy

Up at the crack of 9am and away by 11am to Italy. Fantastic drive over the Brenner Pass, views are amazing. About 120 kill o miles in total to Verona where we joined another motorway which took us to Venice. €8 for the Austria stretch and €38 for the Italian bit.

We have now done just over 1300 kill o miles since leaving Calthwaite.

Arrived at the site at 6pm - Europa which is at Cavallino on the Adriatic peninsula which is just East of Veinice island. Big site with private beech and large water park. Shops, restaurants etc on site and plenty of shower/toilet blocks. Pitch is fully serviced with cable tv but only BBC, CNN etc. news in English. Wifi is ok and just good enough to stream catchup tv.

Tattyvan all sorted just in time for an Alfresco Friday beer: