Aaah just going through these pictures makes me feel like it was just yesterday I had survived a 24 hour coach journey from England to Italy. Although Italy was the focus and main destination, I have to say Austria really did steal quite a bit of it’s thunder. Weather was perfect, just above warm, scenery stunning mountains colliding with the clouds and the lake itself was speckled with villages and towns surrounding its turquoise waters. There were even a few Canary Date Palm Trees to tailor for my needs.  It was such a good time to spend with friends and the architecture and places we got to see were so worth the journey which truthfully speaking was painful some of the , well most of the time. The shingle beach was much better than the usual shingle.