Roadtrip Italy, August 2014

Piazza San Marco, Venice

This year, we went to Italy on a roadtrip, but also stayed a week in a house we rented in Umbria (near Perugia) with friends.
Saturday 16 August: Departure from Copenhagen Airport and arrival at Munich Airport. We rented a BMW 640d, M styling convertible in Munich and drove straight to Venice. We drove through Austria and enjoyed the scenery and arrived in Venice late in the afternoon. We had a lovely dinner at a restaurant and had a nice walk around town, where we saw the Piazza San Marco (square) etc.
Sunday 17 August: Waterbus on the Canal Grande. We saw the Ponte di Rialto (bridge), and a lot of other Venice sights as well. We departed Venice and drove to Lake Garda, where we had a nice lunch in the sun. Afterwards, we drove to Milan and checked in at our hotel in the Eastern part of Milan.
Monday 18 August: We saw the Duomo of Milan (cathedral) and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (shopping mall).

Relaxation, Empoli house

Tuesday 19 August: We departed Milan and drove to Cinque Terre (rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera, comprised of five small villages). Afterwards, we drove to the house near Empoli in Tuscany that we had rented for a couple of days. We were greated by the owners of the house (who occupied the house next to ours) and were given a tour of both the house and the magnificent vegetable garden, which we were encouraged to use.
Wednesday 20 August: We drove to Pisa and picked up one of our friends and relaxed the rest of the day at the house.
Thursday 21 August: Trip to Florence. We saw the Ponte Vecchio (bridge) and walked around the old part of town.
Friday 22 August: Trip to Lucca. We walked around the old walled part of the town. Late in the evening, we welcomed some of our friends.
Saturday 23 August: Departure from Empoli and then we all traveled to the next house close to Lake Trasimeno (4th biggest lake in Italy), near Perugia.
Sunday 24 August: Relaxation at the house.

Stelvio Pass

Monday 25 August: Short trip to Lake Trasimeno.
Tuesday 26 August: Trip to Perugia and Assisi (know for St. Francis of Assisi).
Wednesday 27 August: Relaxation at the house.
Thursday 28 August: Trip to the "wine town" of Montepulciano and Bagno Vignoni (hot springs).
Friday 29 August: Relaxation at the house.
Saturday 30 August: Departure from the house and travel towards the Alps (Bormio).
Sunday 31 August: Trip to the Stelvio Pass (mountain pass in Northern Italy, at an elevation of almost 3.000 m). Afterwards we drove to Munich and handed back our car and then went back home to Copenhagen by air.