We arrived in the early afternoon and promptly got completely lost as we tried to find our way to our hotel. Having been on the road for so long our confidence got the better of us and we set off without a map, but unfortunately it seemed the force was not with us and we eventually had to ask some other tourists with a map for directions. When we finally made it to our hotel we were given a map and the man on the desk marked out what we needed to see and a walki...

We arrived to an extremely hot Florence in the early afternoon and after dropping off our gear at the hotel - why are there never any lifts and you're always on the 4th floor - we wandered around the city. There were quite a few open markets which were fun to look through. Most of them were selling leather goods such as belts, jackets, handbags... if only we had more room in our bags... however they weren't exactly cheap so we were satisfied with just looking. L...

Arriving in the afternoon our first mission in Venice was to try and find our hotel,not necessarily the easiest thing to do in this town. We were staying in the suburb of Santa Croce which is between the railway station and the busy tourist area around San Marco. We had a little map provided by the hotel which showed us which streets to go down but its not until we got there that we realised streets in Venice were quite different to our usual idea of streets. Tin...

Reluctantely we had to leave our lovely resort in Luxor and head back to Europe to continue our holiday. We flew to Cairo then had about 6 hours to kill before our flight to Zurich. Unfortunately Cairo would have to be one of the worst international airports we had ever been to. There was nothing to do and very few shops so the time passed very slowly. When we arrived in Zurich it was during their Street Parade, a dance festival, and with the Love Parade no long...

We arrived in Luxor at about 5am after a night on the sleeping train. I (bec) had been quite apprehensive about taking the train because although it was called a "luxury" train, I had heard some horror stories, especially regarding the toilets. But I was pleasantly surprised, it really wasn't that bad - mind you after what we had been staying in it probably made it look a whole lot better! The toilets weren't too bad either though not user friendly if y...