We decided we would go to the Duomo this morning and we were both glad we did. The only slight shame is how much scaffolding was up but I suppose it's not peak season so they're getting things done. The previous night we had met a group as weird as the hostel itself but there was one guy who came from a village of 100 people (near Leicester apparently) and who had come travelling on his own. He seemed petrified and we were both scared for him. We wanted to adopt...

We had a great nigh with the two guys we met from Chicago, returning to our favourite pizzeria and mixing one too many types of alcohol. Turns out they can speak Russian too?! The night was an absolute laugh. This morning we went to get our refund for the tour and failed slightly, eventually leaving when she said she would phone the police. Not taking any chances we will persue this when we get home. She has not heard the last of us!!! This manager was hiding be...

We were both very excited to have found a tour that covered Pisa and Cinque Terre - two places we hard originally wanted to squeeze in. We swallowed not only the price of the tour but our train reservation for today and our night in Milan and paid for an extra night at Plus Florence. THAT'S how excited we were. First my alarm was an hour out so I packed (including all my freshly cleaned underwear and clothing tucked round the bed) and got ready in about 10 minut...

After the disaster of the bikes Lucy went to return them and Beanie went to find city sightseeing bus tickets. If the weather was going to be rubbish we wanted dry transport. Lucy is in so much pain with her ankles and Beanie's knees are niggling. (Mum if you are reading this please book me a sports massage. Being serious I don't want to injury anything any further when I marathon train.) PLUS we had to be at the Uffizi for 10 and didn't fancy a fast walk that ea...

After a few hours sleep we woke, hurriedly packed in time for check out and then spent quite a few hours eating hangover food and drinking lots of water with our new found Australian friends Joel and Skye. Time to say goodbye to Lianne as well as Joel and Skye (who were heading to Naples) before heading to Florence. This is one time in life where I started to believe there must be a god. Either that or we are the stars of the Truman show. We were having too good...