Monday 30 November We get up early and pack up and go down stairs and wait at reception for airport transfer. Thankfully the man is ready to leave before the time he specified yesterday and we head out. We wait at the end of the street while he gets the car. The sun is just rising and it's so pretty. At the airport we get straight in line to go through security and then to get our papers checked. It's such a short flight so we have lots of time in Athens airport...

Wednesday 25 November We are up earlier today. Another sunny day I hope. Once we are out the door we checkout the bus stop for tomorrow morning. Want to make sure we know where to go. We find the cafe where we have to collect our boarding passes and the line is out the door! Thankfully there is a short cut for those with tickets already. 2nd stop of the day is a fantastic baroque fountain. It's lovely. And very popular with the tourists. There are a lot of poli...

Tuesday 24 November We end up having breakfast at the same time as some ladies from Spain on holiday. While I get ready to go Malcolm goes and gets boarding passes and bus tickets printed. We walk to the coliseum. It's pretty impressive and after a few quick snaps we get in line to buy tickets. There are a lot of ppl trying to offer guide services. The prices are not correct we notice when we get to the ticket office. We join an English tour for a few euro extr...

Monday 23 November It's a good night. After breakfast we get ready to leave. the forecast isn't promising so we make sure we take umbrellas. Once we figure which direction to walk we head out. Eventually we get to the Spanish stairs and fountain unfortunately the stairs are fenced off for something. Repairs or cleaning I guess. So many monuments we have seen on this trip have been covered with scaffolding! We walk across the square and we see a black lump of fab...

Sunday 22 November It's a bit of an awful night. Noisy party somewhere. But we up and pack and eat breakfast. It's a gorgeous clear day out. From the high walls of Siena is a lovely view of Tuscany. We get to the station with good time. A train arrives to our platform but we can't figure if it's our train. Eventually we ask after a little fluffing around and it is. It's a lovely ride through the countryside except the bad fumes in the carriage. There is over an...