Finally no continental breakfast. Bacon, eggs & sausages to start the day right. We did have cold water until we got it sorted so we were running a little later than we wanted. Finally we were off though, as Kezia, Jac and I began the long trip into the city. We are finding our accommodation is fine, just a little way out from the city. Different to how Jac & I like to stay in these places. No matter though. After an hour we were back in Venice and in St ...

I'm hurting today. After about 3 hours sleep I am feeling pretty seedy. We managed to grab some rolls from the breaky hall as we took our bags to the bus. It was going to be a long day. We had a group photo as about 10 people were leaving the tour. Then it was off down the road. After a 7 hour journey we arrived at our campsite for the next 2 nights near Venice. We were allocated our Chalets then made our way in to Venice for an orientation tour where we would sp...

Up and at breakfast on time then we piled into our car. We had a few hours of freeway travel to arrive at our destination, Pompeii. The modern town should probably be buried under a volcano, but that wasn't why we were there. We came to see the ancient city that had been buried by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in about 80 a.d. As a result it is so well preserved and gives a great insight as to how the ancient Romans lived. To see pictures still on the walls of home...

More amazing weather to start today. We had a continental breaky, which we are a little over by now, then went to catch the local bus into town with the group. 48 is a big number to get on a local bus already pretty full but we managed. It was then a short ride in the metro before we arrived at the Spanish steps. Here we were met by a local guide who whisked us through the important sites in the centre of Rome before leaving us at my favourite of all our places w...

It was a quick blast down the freeway at 130 as we made our way to Fiumicino airport in Rome. We were running a little late as we had a leisurely morning breakfast and sleep in. But we made it to airport and returned our little Lancia before heading to our pre booked shuttle bus. We caught it into the centre before catching the metro and another bus to our accommodation. We are joining a tour today but were a little early at the camp ground we are staying. So we ...