Palermo 24th-27th September 2009 We had spent some time doing some research on finding the best way to cross Sicily to the capital of Palermo, and it wasn't the easiest of journeys. We were going to have to catch 2 different trains, for a total travel time of about 4 hours. We'd packed up our stuff early and headed on down to the train station, luckily the rain had mostly subsided by now and it was just the wet ground that was yucky. We'd bought tickets and...

Naples, Overnight Ferry and Taormina (Sicily) 21 - 23rd September Right, I'm spending Sunday afternoon writing these last couple of entries up, because it's been more than a month now since we arrived back from Sicily (and I've forgotten lots of what we did already!). We spent most of the day in Naples, fearing for our lives, before heading to the port to catch the overnight ferry across to Sicily. Most of the day we spent in Naples, just walking around the ...

Sorrento 17th - 20th September 2009 We are currently sitting in the bar area on board our ferry to Sicily. Because we were cheap we didn't bother buying a cabin for the night cruise, instead we're going to have to rough it on one of the couches in the bar. Afterwards I will finally be able to say that I've slept in a bar! Anyway, we eventually arrived into Sorrento about 6 hours after we set out in Rome. I'm not really sure why it took us that long, be...

Rome 11th - 16th September 2009 Alright, I'm going to as a brief as possible, mainly because we've been busy little beavers in the 5 or so days we've been here. Arrived into Rome's massive and busy Termini train station. We had awesome directions as to how to get to our accommodation, so we jumped on a bus and within 10 minutes we were there. We leased a little studio apartment off a nice lady. The place is in a great spot, not far from the bus and with a...

Assisi 9th and 10th September 2009 So we're currently sitting in the Assisi train station, waiting for a train to come and take us to Rome. Yesterday, we had our first Italian rain, which was nice, but not overly heavy. We jumped on a bus from Siena to bring us to Assisi, and not only was it 20 minutes late, but we had to share the journey with three other Aussies: 2 older ladies and a younger woman who must've been one of their daughters. Not far into t...