Milan, Italy 20th - 22nd July Two nights in Milan, first things first we had to find the hotel this time more prepared as we had two sets of directions both saying it would take about an hour and a half to get there. This is a daunting fact when you have a very big bag each to carry, so we decided public transport was in order. Half hour later we arrived at our one star hotel, we had a private double room with a shower, sink and a shared bathroom. The room was ...

Florence, Italy 18th - 19th JulyFlorence top tip: If you ever head to Florence be sure to find a shop called phinocchio, not to be confused with rip off rivals pinocchio. phinocchio is seen as the cremede la crème of gelato shops (Italian "AMAZING" ice cream) serving the best gelato for miles around. Word of warning, you will probably need to allow about an hour to decide what flavour you want as there are around four hundred to choose from. Just to confirm tha...

Siena, Italy 16th - 18th JulySo we arrived time to check into our two person mixed dorm! we were quickly confused when we were told where our dorm was but weren't handed a key.... we stood waiting for a second until he told us we were done!?! Confused we asked for a key only to be told you don't need one, he then asked if we would like a lantern? Our immediate response was "how much?" he replied free just return in when you leave. Now really confused. So our boo...

Roma, ItalyDate: 7th-16th july Rome Top Tip: All of the water fountains in Rome are fresh drinking water, so if you ever get the chance to go yourself save your money paying for water and just fill up in the many fountains they have. Any that arn't drinking water say so but we didnt see any you could'nt drink from!No day by day on this one as we saw way to much and can't for the life of us remember what we saw on each day so we'll make a list of all the places we...

Venice (Italy) 30th june - 7th julyDay 1: So we arrived at about half five ready to sleep, travelings tiering. we instantly learnt that rumors are true the italians really do take there time doing everything, including checking in new arrivals..... Yawn. so an hour passed and we finally got our key to our tent, the first thing you notice when you enter the tent is that is more closely resembles a sauna then a tent! It was easily twice as hot inside than out!Afte...