One week till we head off to London

Packed up and on the bus into the Florence train station. Train to Rome running 10 minutes late, finally arrives and off we go. Train getting up to 248 kms per hour, bit faster than the good old Ballarat train. Arrive Rome and navigate our way to the apartment, about a 10-12 minute walk in the 35+ degree heat. Arrive safely and meet Simone who explains the keys, appliances and places to eat. Settle in then go for a quick bite to eat at the corner pizzeria. After...

Lovely day in Siena today, all by public transport, the difficulty being that its a reduced timetable. Started with the bus to the train station being late, it finally arrived in time to get the train on time. Arrive Siena, missed the way th crowd went and run around like crazy people trying to find the bus, finally have a ticket after about a 15 minute wait and a 5 minute bus ride we arrive close to the centre. We have a map and find all the main sights, walk u...

Into town to get the train to Lucca. Lucca is a city on the Serchio river in Italy's Tuscany region. It's renowned for the well-preserved Renaissance walls encircling its historic city center and its cobblestone streets. Broad, tree-lined pathways along the tops of these massive 16th- and 17th-century ramparts where we walked along. We wandered within the walls of the city seeing more churches and climbing up the tower for birds eye view. Lovely lunch next to th...

Started the day seeing 'David' and then headed to the San Marco museum, added in a couple of science and archeology museums then back into the main square. 'David' was very mpressive and worth getting up early, with the Firenze card we were able to skip the line and get straight in. Back in the piazza duomo we decided it was worth the $$ to take a guided tour or the Duomo. Entering the Basilica it definitely was not as good as the outside, but still very impress...