I haven’t posted in a long time! I’ve been slightly lazy, and when I’m traveling I easily get distracted and into conversations late at night. But this week I’ll try and get a streak together. I left my

Another picture from Pavia. Really loved the river and the surrounding greenery. Everywhere is so clean and well maintained. It’s not perfect but you can tell they take pride in aesthetics. Today I did

Visited Pavia today, and as you can tell walked a huge distance. I’m totally knackered after the last three days, but it was certainly worth it. I took a few breaks along the bank of the river where I

I went back to Milan for my weekend, and tomorrow Pavia. Still plenty to see, so many beautiful buildings. Plenty of people watching to do. Some white wine to finish the evening off by the duomo. This

Im not sure what happened today, but something clicked and my body found another gear. After 5k of running my normal pace, I turned back to complete the run and whoosh my legs blasted off. Towards the

Had another great run, feeling fantastic. The best I’ve ever felt physically. The fresh air, lack of stress. General exercise outdoors. All adding up to new PBs. The only current factor bugging me is my

Went for a lovely walk yesterday up into the valleys then the hills. Nice to get into the deep rural areas, I saw lots of farmers who I think were slightly suspicious of a strange man wandering about.

Yesterday I finished up in the garden, putting all the branches and logs into neat piles at the borders. Pretty proud of my work, and it should have a big impact further down the line. Then I went for

Did a great run yesterday after finishing up gardening. As I’m house sitting at the moment it’s only me and the animals, so a lot of responsibility. The run is a great way to relax and de stress. I’m really

Had another lovely day yesterday, did a good chunk of gardening and painting. Then a beautiful walk across the fields with the dogs. One did try to chase some hairs which had me sprinting across fields…

Yesterday was an intense event. I had to help prepare a large meal for an Italian family. They spoke no English so I had to try very hard conversing. Then listening to rapid speech constantly. It was tiring.

Yesterday I did a huge amount of work. First coated the cinder blocks, then cleaned up the side of the garden. Including moving 5 metal poles, which weighed a lot. I only dragged them but I woke up a tad

I did my first run yesterday, around the open rolling fields. I think having such high air quality really makes a difference as I felt no struggle whatsoever and the pace was certainly solid. It could

Yesterday was an interesting one. I traveled out via train to meet my WorkAway hosts. They were both lovely and we enjoyed an incredible home cooked Italian dinner with red wine. They told me of my various

Yesterday was a productive day, as it sent forth the wheels of my WorkAway. It’s all confirmed now and I’ll be doing manual Labour on a farm south of Milan. Mainly just working on their garden. It should

Had an easy day yesterday, after Saturdays brutality. Went to an interesting museum built around the grand tour theme. How in the late renaissance, a lot of students and rich individuals traveled to Italy.

Started the day strong yesterday with a good run. I didn’t intend for it to be so long but I go slightly lost here in Milano. However, it was a pleasant surprise because I didn’t expect my body to be capable

Arrived back in Milan, after my exploits in Venice. It’s lovely to be able to travel the whole country so efficiently and cheaply. The UK has a lot of lessons to be learnt. I have decided I will just post

Arrived in Venice yesterday! Went for a run this morning along the Island the hostel is located, which is incredibly small. I got lost down some alleys so only did 4K. But then I explored the main island.

The first full day in Bologna. Visited quite a few different places, 1 university, 1 museum and a very tall tower. As well as food shops and general exploring. The tower was built in 1119 and is 97 meters