I’ve just got back from a wonderful week in Venice with Peter, my first proper holiday in some time. It was really good to get away from work and all the Dino stress and just chill out in the warm. The photos from the trip are here: (click through to Flickr)

We didn’t do the big ticket items: we didn’t go into the Basilica or the Doge’s Palace for example as the queues were too long. Instead we did smaller churches and generally wandered around some of the less populated areas. We started the week with a walking tour which was really good and took us round a less tourist filled area and then just wandered really. It was great.