Accidentally in Italy

Today is Saturday, and is very cold and very wet, so after a morning of playing games, and telling Casper he could not ride his bike in the rain, we decided to have an outing. Equipped with a leaflet we thought outlet shopping sounded like a good option. So we set the satnav for the general direction we were headed, had a quick look at the map and set of on the assumption it was just down the A road. It was a slow realisation that our destination may be in Italy, and the leaflet was not very clear especially as it was in Italian and German.

Anyhow we found it, and it was nice and warm there, and although we did not cross a border point the Italian flag was pretty evident, we had great pizza and the diesel was cheaper. In a very British way despite freezing cold and sightings of snow covered mountains very nearby we bought two sun loungers, (very glass half full). We treated the boys to a large tub of lego, which was not met with the excitement we had hoped for, as the boys wanted character toys, however come bedtime both the boys were desperate to build lego! What was great about the shopping centre was the crèche, the boys were very happy to go and allow us 1 whole hour of shopping, I returned to collect the boys to be informed that Casper had “I am not sure of the English, how would you say, Sh*t his pants”. I thought her English was fine, luckily I was prepared and Casper was in a nappy. The upheaval of moving, totally negated the progress that we had made with potty training, we are now bribing every wee with a piece of chocolate and pooh with 2 pieces, firmly enforcing the concept of number ones and number two’s.

The weather will be better tomorrow as we now have loungers!

We are currently planning our route to Slovenia, which is no easy task, we are also hoping to get a campsite in Croatia (I am crossing my fingers!) I really want to have some sun and beach as part of my holiday, even if I have to forgo sand. I am ill equipped for cold temperatures and rain, I do not have any filled in footwear, even my trainers are made for warm weather and ventilate (or leak depending on the climate).