On June 26, 2009, Italy's Dolomite mountains have been declared a United Nations World Heritage Site. The nine Dolomite mountain groups, spanning 142.000 hectares and given 85 hectares of border areas for a total of 231.000 hectares, are spread over five provinces: Trento, Bolzano, Belluno, Pordenone and Udine. The Dolomites have joined the world's other cultural and natural wonders on the World Heri ...

Arrived at the huge Barajas airport and some how managed to get lost finding our way to the baggage hall. After locating our loan bags from the caracole, we decided to tackle the metro to get into central Madrid to our Hostel. The metro was quiet and civilised, due to it being a national holiday (9th November) to celebrate Virgen de la Almudena. We didn’t realise how important this celebration was until we ...