Today was our last real day in Rome and we wanted to make the most of it! So, we got up bright and early, and caught the metro to "the Ruins" and the Colosseum. After a walk around the famous Colosseum in the day ( we had only seen it at night) we then made our way over to the Ruins and went in! It was actually pretty cool! The ruins are from the " Ancient City" that was covered in dirt and dust for many many years, until Archaeologists started digging it up - S...

Today was a bad bad day. Well not really, just very hungover and sick. I went online in the morning to get some useful advice from my loving parents and boyfriend about what to do in this situation. I mean, I wanted to see Rome! So such luck though, my mum told me to just drink some more, and Tims soluation was to eat a kabab. Thanks guys Anway, we went for a walk in the morning, simply wandering around, trying to suss out the best places to visit within walk...

Last Day with Topdeck! After bidding some of the others goodbye we hopped on the Metro - bags and all, with the remainder of the Topdeck crew and headed to Vaticain City. Did you know it was actually a country? It has its own phone number code, Postal System, TV station, Radio Station and everything. Even though it only has 600 citizens! Its crazy! You know what else is crazy? Getting there from the train station with 25 kgs on your back! It was the worst expe...

On the road again! Butno before a great walking tour by a local guide in Florence, who gave us information and so many things I dont know how she manages to remember anything else! We saw at Palace where Leonardo Davinci and Michelango live, at the same time mind you, some great statues and their stories, museams, the rivier, shopping hot spots, temples and churches. It was very interesting and really showed us the essence of Florence. I think as a collective, ...

ok. today we drove, but not for hours and hours which was good. it was only a six hour travel through beautiful italy, heading towards Florence! We had a lunch stop at the leaning tower of Pisa and we took the usual pictures. This time round however, we had a photo competition and had to come up with the most inventive poses! It was fun! What I didnt like about pisa were all the haggelers. As soon as we hopped off the bus we were all covered by men, of african...