In the morning we took an epic walk to find out why my Italian sim wasn't working. Turns out, as we thought it is because Iphones SUCK when you are overseas. We almost ran back to the hotel to check out then dragged ourselves and our luggage to the car hire company. We have a little Ford Focus (called a fusion). It's manual with the gears on the right hand side and only i can drive coz Q couldn't his physical licence before we left. I shoehorned it onto the ro...

After looking like the biggest bogans in Italy during breakfast I attempted to spruce myself up before going out. Enjoying my al-cheapo fringe trim from KL - I ran out of time before leaving Melbourne and I figured it would be simple enough that I wont end up with a mullet, skullet or flock of seagulls style hair. I did notice the lack of kitchen staff falling all over themselves to offer us coffee and cooked food at breakfast and then looked around at how dre...

Today we spent preparing for our trip to Sorrento and exploring our local area a little more. We had to check out by 12 and be at the bus by 3pm for the four hour bus ride (which Q managed to arrange for about $20 AUD each. sweet) We packed and then attempted to walk to the bus terminal. Turns out it is much further than google maps thinks and that suitcase wheels dont like being dragged across cobblestones. A cab took pity (or advantage) and took us the res...

I love Rome. I love the buildings, the people, the food, the weather, the vespas, the crazy parking (check out my photo gallery for some examples) and of course the culture/attractions. This morning we walked down to our local ATM. We are staying in a student district so it's cheapish and has lots of bars/pizzerias and graffitti. On the way back we went into a little market and bought bread, cheese, meat, olives etc with clumsy 'grazie's' and a lot of pointing....