Subject: Adventures of Gamblegirl - Italy Part I Destinations: Florence and Rome Buongiorno!! Come stai? Molto bene. Suddenly my year 7 (limited) Italian has come in much handy. Yes kids, I am in Italy. Woo hoo!!! And no it's not Lygon Street during world cup or Grand Prix time. I am in the home of Pasta, Pizza, Gelati and Art. Also really sleazy men, hawkers who don't understand the word NO unless you shout it at them, and like in Paris the ho...

Date: 29 September 2003 Adventures of Gamblegirl - France II Then it was back to France the next day, in particular, THE FRENCH RIVIERA. We stayed in Antibes, but headed into Nice for the day. I WANNA LIVE THERE!!! It was so cool and gorgeous. While the ocean, even though it had pebbles instead of sand, Nice as lovely (wow felt Nannaish then!!). Easy to walk around which I did. Saw an ABC (another bloody Cathedral) called Catherdrale Russe. It was...

Date: 28 September 2003 Subject: Adventures of Gamblegirl - Spain Buenos dias! Como esta usted? I'm all good - which is becoming my new catch phrase until I am over it. So it's off to Barcelona in Spain. Only have a day in Spain which is boo hoo!!! Wish I had more. It was a long drive on the bus, my bum felt very numb!!! Aye Aye - 10 hour drive. On the way stopped off at Le Pont du Gard ruins. It was built around 50 AD (yes that's older then you my...

Date: 15 September 2003 Adventures of Gamblegirl - France Greetings all!! Would greet you in French but left the phrase book in my room and I fought for this computer and am not getting up to get it. I had originally typed this in Paris, but I've discovered that a French keyboard is not the same as say an English one and urgggh was just too hard, so am retyping this and have realised that I have lost the knack to type as I used to. s***!!! So am ...

Date: 3 September 2003 Adventures of Gamblegirl: Hullo it's me Heart apounding, pulse racing ala grand prix driver, butterflies bouncing around in my tummy. I feel sick, I feel nervous, oh my god what have I done? Is it too late to back out? What if I am bad? Oh s***, what if I am terrible....! "Come on down contestant number 1" What? Oh s*** that's me!!! Step into the spotlight, so many people, oh great expectations - can I cut it? Gla...