I have been back in the UK for about a week now and I am already planning my next trip, for I really have the travel bug now! Where will I end up next? I have no idea...yet.

We tried to get to Greece today but ended up in Naples. Naples is a very unique city: it was built on a steep hill on the Southern Italian coast, home both to pizza and organized crime. Aparently Pompeii is close but we won't get a chance to see it!

We are back in Roma and today we have watched two catholic ceremonies, one at the Vatican and the other at the Pantheon. We haven't decided yet where we are going tomorrow but it will either be Tuscany or the French Riviera. This has been quite the summer so far. The best part about backpacking has been the people we have met. In Budapest we travelled with two dental students at U of T, in Verona we met some people from Portland, Oregon, and in Venice a law ...

Venice is everything you would expect it to be: winding little canals, colourful terraced apartments and gondalas golore. There are hoards of tourists here to check it out. My favourite part of Venice is the fact that you can hop on a boat at any time to get anywhere. Anyway, we are now heading back to Rome for a day to see more.

Hello! We have stopped in Vienna on our way to Budapest. Budapest was my favourite place so far. Vienna or 'Wien' is relatively boring. Time to do laundy and rest up. Ok, pressed for time so I better go!