Rain rain go away...

We've been in Venice for a few days and it is cold and wet today. This is when travelling with a babe is not easy. For those of you that haven't been to Venice there are loads of little bridges taking you over all of the canals (and there are loads of them which is why Venice is Venice) and we have to carry the stroller up and down the stairs - not fun in the rain I can assure you! Plus Lily was screaming since she couldn't see properly through the rain cover - definitely not fun! I must say it is a wonderful city to stroll around the streets and along the canals but it is not a child friendly city....and nor should it be since it would not have the charm that it does.

It has now been raining for two days and I guess it was finally time for the rain to catch up with us. Before now we have only had two days of rain since we left home over four months ago.

On our way to Venice we went to Lake Garda and stayed in Sirmione which is a cute little town on the southern end of the lake situated on a pennisula. It has the obligatory old town but since it is getting close to winter there was not much open and strolling around the town felt like walking through a ghost town - there was noone around but we were able to find a gelato place so it was all good. We much preferred the scenery of Lake Como but Lake Garda was still impressive - it reminded me of a little version of Chicago as the lake looked more like an ocean since you could not see the other side because of all of the winter mist.

'Romeo Romeo where for art thou Romeo'...no we did not shout it from Juliet's balcony on our stopover in Verona but we did have a great lunch at a little cafe in a side street and Michael finally drank a decent coffee since being away.

Lily is not rolling around so much anymore as she is trying to crawl and is attempting the commando move and manages to move forward little by little but gets more frustrated than anything. We feel a little bad since she has not really had loads of floor time over the last month since we have been on the move so much but we make up for it by sharing our bed (not so much by choice).

I think Lily is looking forward to home cooking again (or at least the French jar food) since the Italian jars leave much to be desired - it is the first time she hasn't enjoyed her food and that says a lot!

We are now on our way back to the villa and are hoping to go to Paris next week now that the French transport workers have ended their strike. Shame on President Sarkozy wanting to cut back on the endless benefits given to all government workers which is unsustainable for the future economy.