I’m recently back from a wonderful holiday to Switzerland and Italy and will write more when I can…this is just a quick overview of my time away. Most photo’s are courtesy of my husband, bar 2 from outside the accommodation in Rome. Please click on the images to take a closer look.
We flew with Aer Lingus from Dublin to Zurich, hired a car and drove down to our accommodation, spending 3 nights in an apartment in Vitznau, on Lake Lucerne.
We then drove south through the Gotthard Pass passing through some stunning scenery and made our way over the border into Italy, spending 3 nights in another apartment in Pianello del Lario, on Lake Como, Italy.
After 3 wonderful days there, we dropped the hire car off in Lugano (it’s just over the border, back into Switzerland) and took the train down from Lugano to Florence via Milan and stayed 8 nights in Florence… 1 night in a hotel and 1 week in a beautiful villa near Impruneta in Florence, Tuscany where we met up with friends from Australia.
At the end of our week in the villa, we kissed our friends goodbye and took the train from Florence to Rome for the final leg of our journey and stayed for 2 nights in an apartment, in central Rome, before flying back from Rome to Dublin…..again with Aer Lingus.
Hopefully, at some point, I’ll get the chance to write more in-depth posts about each location and individual property, adding corresponding links to accommodation and once I’ve had the opportunity to work my way through the thousands of photos, I’ll add a few additional pics from the holiday/vacation.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post and I hope you enjoyed the images.
Warmest Regards
Very nice indeed Touch. Of course we couldn’t afford holidays in the sun when I was a kid. My mum used to hold up pictures of Southend while me dad burned me with a blowtorch. We were poor but we were ‘appy in them days 😦
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‘E Luxury! When I wora lass, mi dad would stick our ed’s in’t ‘eated oven and nip us with a pair of sharpened tweezers t’ simulate mossie bites, before sticking towels on our beds an mekin’ us sleep on’t floor!
Sorry, I’m no good at this lol xx
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I want to bite your bum
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Before I say agree, how are your table manners, sir? xx
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What’s that got to do with it Dollface? I wasn’t going to do it on the table!
Still whatever butters your parsnips I s’pose.
Asoom da pozishun Peaches!
*lights pipe and picks teeth with wicked looking dagger*
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Stunning….I’m jealous x
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The photo’s don’t do some of the views justice. I’ll do a more in-depth post soon. 🙂 x
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Some absolutely stunning pictures TOC, I don’t think I’d get anything done if I could sit and stare at that view all day xx
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Due to cutting open the bottom of my foot, I had to spend a couple of days in the Florence villa alone, while the others went out sightseeing. I didn’t complain. I loved being able to relax and bathe in the sun, amongst such beautiful landscape.
Thanks for your comment 🙂 x
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Very nice,big thanks…:))
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Glad you liked it 🙂
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Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful tour photo’s 😀 Lucerne is probably one of my favourite destinations in Europe. We visited in 2008. It struck me how rural it still seems given centuries and generations of families being born there. Did you visit the Lion Monument there? It’s so moving, I sobbed.
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I have a more in-depth post about my stay in Switzerland, sat in drafts, it’s awaiting further photo’s from my other half and has been since July/Aug.
We didn’t see the Lion Monument and until you mentioned it, I didn’t know of it’s existence. We didn’t have long in Lucerne this particular trip, just a few hours, but I’d have still liked to have seen it. Gives me a good excuse to go back again haha!
Keep an eye out for the more comprehensive post I’m hoping to finish soon. Actually I might just post it without all the additional pics and add them at a later date. I’ll see.
Thank you for stopping by and I’m glad you like the post. 🙂
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You said “long” 😦
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I did indeedy, my good man. Sorry it’s taken me so long to acknowledge your comment, I meant to, but got distracted.
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Blimey it’s alright for some Touch!…I’m not gay you know!
Well not on a week night anyway 😦
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