(L) We had spoken to the receptionist last night and thankfully, for only €20, had managed to extend our hotel stay through to late this afternoon when it's time to head off to the airport so we have most of the day to see the Vatican Museums. Breakfast was included in the room rate and was much the same as all the other buffets - basic but sufficient and so with full bellies we set off to walk to The Vatican at around 8am. We took a short detour to se...

(D) So today we left the gorgeous Firenze and headed for Roma. After a quick breakfast and lugging our backpacks, (fortune and good planning thankfully meant it was just around the corner), to the train station we then had an extra 45 min wait as the train was delayed. Once we were on the train though all was good, I love the fast trains and can't help but think Australia is way behind the times in this area; they go 250kms an hour - amazing!Once we arrived a...

(L) Off to a bit more of a slow start today - down to breakfast at 8ish!! We set off in the direction of the Bargello Museum as Deb really wanted to see all the statues it holds, unfortunately it is closed the second Sunday of every month... OF COURSE IT IS!!!! BOO HOO..... so we continued on our wanderings and what we found was a true delight. We stumbled quite unwittingly into a square where there was Christmas markets being held. As we walked around we heard ...

(D) We woke up relatively early so were ready for breakfast, which began at 7.30. It was a lovely spread which we partook of with gusto, our pizza last night was yummy but it was a long time ago! Afterwards we headed straight out to try and enjoy the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio and Ponte Vecchio areas without quite as many tourists around as the afternoon before. As a strategy it worked perfectly - there were some people around but very few, almost none if compared wi...

(L) Time to once again move on so we were up and ready to go by 9am. We had a great run in to Florence with only one stop to get a little bit of petrol, just enough to get us back to the car hire place! I had paid the €65 for fuel so we could return the car empty as I never know how hard it will be to find somewhere on the drive back in..... especially after our experience in Athens!As it turned out, coming in on the A11, you go through the toll plaza ( ...