Our first day in Rome and we've decided to have a much needed rest day. We're seriously going to need a holiday when we get home we think! Had a sleep in and bummed around a bit before heading to the local Italian post office to find out about shipping some stuff back to Aus. Our suitcases are bulging at the seams already! It's surprising how quickly a day can disappear just having to go out every time you want to eat! Movie night on the iPads tonight, then to b...

Not a great deal to write about today, which is a good thing because it means our great train adventure went to plan! Train Lauterbrunnen - Interlaken, swap trains, Interlaken - Milan (made it to Italy!), swap trains, Milan - Rome. Because of our early start we arrived in Rome by mid afternoon, giving us heaps of time to find the hotel and settle in. We were a bit worried what the hotel would be like as we're only paying €34 (AUD45) a night, but after a nervous...

Today we made our way up to Jungraujoch; a viewing point overlooking Mount Jungfrau, which is the highest point in Europe. It took us nearly 2 1/2 hours by train to get there, but the train ride was half of the experience. Shear cliffs, snow and ski slopes for the whole trip. The only downer was the ticket inspector who took exception to us not having our Eurail pass with us. What a dk. We spent a couple of hours wandering around Jungfraujoch admiring the views,...

Today we moved on from our stay in paradise to give our back pockets a rest and continue to explore. We caught the train not too far away to a little place called Lauterbrunnen. Troy had visited here on another holiday and wanted to take Case there for a look and to do a day trip to Jungfraujoch. During check in, the lady suggested we take a cable car up the mountain behind the hotel and either take the train or walk along the mountain ridge. So after settling i...

Today was a day for skiing; up in reasonable time to hit the slopes. After a token ski down the beginners slope, it was off to the 'easy' slope. After half a dozen runs with neither of us having a stack, the confidence was high. But the ankles were sore and Case had given her knee a bit of a twist, so by early afternoon we decided to call it quits for a while and head back to town for some lunch. Lunch complete, Troy was feeling a bit cocky so he donned his gear...