Sunday 05/09/2010 84 After deciding that a pub crawl really is a good idea after already having too much to drink, it took me most of Sunday to recover from Saturday night. At about 3pm-ish I headed by Metro to the beach. Like most other European cities, most things in the city were closed and the beach was busy but not packed. A wide, flat SANDY beach was beautiful compared to the rocky shorelines I experienced in France Saturday 04/09/2010 85 Museum day toda...

Wednesday 01/09/2010 88 So today was a nothing much really day, I only stayed out of the hostel for just a bit longer than the lock out for cleaning between 11 and 1. In that time I went to the station and organised my ticket to Valencia tomorrow and went for a longer walk around Port Vell. About the only thing slightly interesting was a Starbucks and the 'Steve Irwin' was moored in the harbour, which I found odd because shouldn't they be further south getting r...

Wednesday 25/08/2010 95 Today I headed for the medieval city of Carcassonne, about an hour by train from Toulouse. The train wended it's way through vineyards, orchards and sunflower fields before arriving at Bastide St Louis...the slightly newer part of Carcassonne. It only dates back 800 years where the walled city dates back 1 000. I wandered through the streets towards the old city and while crossing a stone bridge got my first glimpse of the ramparts high ...

Sunday 22/08/2010 98 My intention this morning was to attempt to replace a pair of shorts that I decided are too worn and need to be thrown out, however upon leaving the hostel I discovered that Nice does not have Sunday trading. One shop was open, the sign on the door informing customers that it would only be open on Sundays during peak season which lasts another 3 weeks apparently. Here I brought exorbitantly priced sunscreen...FYI bring your own sunscreen whe...

Saturday-Monday 14-16/08/2010 106, 105, 104 After leaving the hostel near the Vatican I headed across town to the Sunshine Convent hostel, my home for the next 3 nights. This weekend happened to be the Feast of the Assumption, a national long weekend, which means that half of Rome was closed for the holidays. I checked into my private room and had a lazy afternoon. A small and quiet hotel, it is decorated with stuffed animals, fake flowers and doilies. My room i...