I'm in the beautiful Nice! This is a very pretty city on a gorgeous coast with turquoise water! I love it here. I wasn't expecting Nice to be as it is, it has big old traditional buildings, nice green parks, it's very clean, it has classy restaurants and nice bars. It would be a good city to live in! Since I have been here I've been to lots of the famously rich areas. They are the places the rich go to play. We took a day trip to Saint Tropez, it's a little tow...

Finished my four nights in cinque terre with a pretty good one! I loved it in this little Italian village it was a good break from sight seeing and a good chance to make some new friends for the next few legs of the trip. I met a whole bunch of Aussies off busabout who became my family in cinque. We spent our days hiking between the villages, swimming snorkeling and sun baking on our little cliff side. And at night we would all meet for dinner of takeaway on th...

Cinque terre! It is amazing. The coast line is beautiful, the water is warm and clear, the sun is always out and the locals are friendly! Cinque terre translates literally to five villages, so it is made up of five similar villages dotted along the cliffy coastline. They are small towns, some only made up of a few little shops and locals homes. But they are stunning. Each house is painted a different colour. The wives did this in the past because their sailor hus...

Today I'm leaving Florence heading to Cinque Terre. Florence is a beautiful city, there's not much to see in terms of sites but it's nice to walk around and see a traditional Italian city. There are a lot of art galleries and museums, I wasn't very interested in seeing them do steered clear. However I got to see a lot of famous Florence statues made by important artists of the time. The real david statue is in Florence I only saw the fake one which is found out t...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PUPPA BEAR. I miss you quite terribly. I'm in Rome and you would love this place so much. It's got lots of history! I really wish I could be home with you to celebrate! I feel very far away. Hope the akolites give you enough birthday loving! Ill be thinking of you!!! So I'm in Rome! Holy moly this place is amazing. There is so much to see and do much to learn about. I feel in the last few days I've learnt more roman history than I have in all my ...