Well, kids, here we are at the end of my trip and my final blog, which is keeping me occupied while in transit. I think the last time I wrote I was in Saigon and had spent the day wandering around, shopping (trying to find a pair of thongs in my size in Asia is not an easy task!) and trying to avoid death by road crossing. When I was in Napoli, I remember thinking how insane crossing the road was but I was ill-prepared for the complete bedlam that is traffic in ...

Short blog today. Not lots to report. Spent my second day in Hong Kong (Wednesday...?) wandering around looking at the shops n such. Bought a few things but can't fit very much more into the pack at the moment (went a bit shopping crazy in Italy). Also had a massage and foot reflexology which improved my mood markedly. Wednesday evening I went down to the river to watch the evening light/laser show (the largest permenant light show in the world!!). It was ok. My...

It's been an exceptionally long time since my last blog so this will be an exceptionally long one. Fortunately I've been keeping track of my activities on my laptop. My first full day in Firenze (Thursday) was fairly hectic. I got up early and wandered off to the little art gallery where David is kept. There was zero queue so I got in straight away. Despite not being an art person, David actually is very impressive. He's 5m tall which seems a lot larger when...

Dear All Once again, many things have happened since I last blogged so this will be another long one. I caught the overnight train to Budapest last Friday, which was fine, and arrived early on Saturday morning. I spent the morning wandering around Buda and went to the castle and the labyrinth inside Castle Hill. The labyrinth was particularly cool. The Hungarians have an interesting sense of humour. There was a whole section of the labyrinth devoted to "Ho...

Dear All Well, it's Friday and I'm still in Brasov which I am enjoying thoroughly. Monday night was good fun with about 15 of us from the hostel going out. Nightlife in Brasov isn't exactly hopping so it took about 30 minutes of wandering around just to find a place that was open but it was fun anyway. On Tuesday, most of the hostel (about 20 of us) took the day trip to Bran and Rasnov castles. Bran was pretty spectacular from the outside but a bit of an antic...