Maybe the old saying "All roads lead to Rome" still holds true... we began our trip way back in February heading in completely the opposite direction and with no concrete plans to visit the city - and yet here we were. Our train pulled into Roma Termini station, one of the largest stations in Europe, in the early evening of Tuesday 11 December. Our hostel wasn't far so we ended up walking and, after quickly unpacking, we headed into the old part of town (in Ro...

The journey from Germany down to Italy was really quick and comfortable (even though we had to go around the Alps,) with our last leg on the Trenitalia cruising at over 400km per hour in a quiet, air-conditioned leather seat - ahhh, the joys of first-world public transport. We pulled into Venice station in the afternoon on Saturday 8 December and were greeted with sunshine and blue skies - a pleasant change from snowy Germany :-) It really is quite unlike any p...