ITALIA!

On the 7th June I hopped on a plane and travelled to the gorgeous country of Italy with my equally gorgeous boyfriend, Jamie. It was our first holiday abroad together and the longest time we have spent together.. and I loved every minute of it. 

We had a very early flight on the Friday morning, 7:25am to be exact, so there we were at Gatwick airport at 4am ready to check in, eat, wait and board the plane. We ate at Armadillo's (a little joke I have with Jamie, as my last name is Italian 'Amodio' and people find it hard to say, so they call me Armadillo!) and had a fry up and porridge. We trudged the shops for the rest of the waiting, picking up some magazines, crisps and a pair of sunglasses for Jamie! 

Now, I'm terrified of flying but the flight was only 2 hours which just flew past! (Pardon the pun ;)) and then there we were, touching down in the beautiful Marco Polo Airport in Venice. 

Over the next few days, we explored the lido we were staying on, Lido Di Jesolo, an hour and a half drive/boat trip to Venice, which was lovely! Very touristy and purpose built for tourists coming from central Italy, Germany and overseas but we loved it! We had a private strip of beach which ensured we had a sunlounger at all times and we found the nicest pub called 'The Black Cat' where we ate or had drinks EVERY DAY. The food, my god the food, was AMAZING there. Tortellini, Carbonara, Piadina Clubs, Pizzas. Drool. As well as the Lido Di Jesolo, we of course visited the floating city of Venice and it was everything I imagined and more. We took a ride on a gondola and explored the back streets of this beautiful place - it truly is the best place to just get lost. 

Through our holiday providers we also took an originally, unplanned and unknown trip to Verona and Lake Garda. Now, being a HUGE Romeo and Juliet fan I of course wanted to visit Juliet's balcony and Jamie of course wanted to grab the breast of the 'lucky for love' Juliet statue! Haha, as well as the balcony we visited the Roman amphitheatre there and had a traditional Italian pizza! Last of our travels was Lake Garda and the town of Sirmione. We didn't realise that we had flown over the lake and Jamie had gotten a picture a few days earlier and up close it was even more spectacular! We explored the castle there, saw Roman Spa ruins and took a boat trip which showed us the hot bubbling springs under the water's surface! 

All in all, it was an amazing holiday and I didn't want to come home!! I miss it so much and it's been over a month since I was there! COME BACK TO ME ITALY <3

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