Just One Cornetto... Give It To Me!

Good news all round. Finally managed to get a holiday booked for July, and we're heading for Lido de Jesolo in Italy, for 2 weeks. Just the small matter of getting to Manchester Airport first, quite a journey. We looked at flying internally from Aberdeen to Manchester, but the cost of that was ridiculous, so we will be going via 3 trains, with an overnight stay at a hotel at Manchester Airport, on the way down and the way back. Not ideal, but from a simple economic viewpoint, in our case, essential!

The location is ideal really as we will be able to take day trips to Venice, Verona, Florence and Lake Garda, we'll have the beach if we want it, and a Water Park nearby I believe, always an essential on holiday! I believe that my final coursework and exam results are imminent also, as I've been reliably informed that, the examination board met yesterday. Fingers crossed I get the right results, or I'll have to rethink the whole rest of my life!

Italy or bust !

Here's a photo I took last year on holiday at Lloret de Mar in Spain (the location reminded me of a scene from the game "Riven"). This year the whole family have their hearts set on Italia. I have been to Italy before, went their around age 10. I recall it quite well though, despite the passage of time (25 years ago). We went to Florence and Pisa (up the tower), the weather was fantastic and the food unlike anything I've known before or since. My last trip abroad, prior to Spain, was a working trip to Azerbaijian. That was a real eye-opener. As we travelled back and forth in the Capital Baku, we saw areas that were clearly Muslim, areas that were completely Westernised and others which were remnants of Communist Russian occupation. Of course there were other Scots working there already, there's no place we haven't infiltrated. When the first Mars mission lands, they'll find Scots guys already hard at work, probably drilling test-wells or something!