Travel to Venice

Catch a taxi at 6.30 am. Yes girls it does exist. Onto the 250 mph train at 8. Imagine my disgust to find they have no open windows, have to talk sweet to the waitress to open the door ;). I reckon average grass cover in France this time of year is about 1100, even the sheep are pugging the paddocks. Up and over the alps is most spectacular with a rugby pitch near the top. Snow on the ground right through to Milan, with wheat fields for miles and miles. During the quick stop in Milan the girls managed to get in some retail therapy (it was only a two hour stop). The skills being taught to my daughter sometimes quite scare me.