With a long weekend at the beginning of May, Lis and I decided that we definately had to get out of London. We decided to fly into Brindisi, because Ryanair were having cheap flights again and we decided if it was in Italy it had to be decent. After a quick look at what there was to do in Brindisi the day before we left we discovered that the lonely planet says "the only reason to go to Brindisi is to get the ferry to Greece or Turkey" (uh oh!) so after reading t...

We arrived in Genoa (Genova to the Italians) at about 10:30pm on Friday night so we grabbed a taxi to get to the hotel. It was nearly opposite the main train station so good location. Oh - it was great cuz as we landed and were taxi-ing down the runway, on the left was the port and we could see a cruiseship all lit up. The runway was literally running right next to the water. We really just showered and then crashed for the night, determined to be up and abou...

Well it began when I met Tracey at 6pm at Green Park Tube station and we headed over to Hammersmith to see the Counting Crows play. She had a spare ticket and kindly donated it to me as it would make it easier for us to organise getting to the airport etc if I was with her. So we went and saw them play and they were really good. I've always liked their music so it was good to see them live. The concert finished at about 10:30pm so we jumped on the tube out to...

Oh how I fell in love with Venice! We arrived in Venice late afternoon and spent the night at the campsite before heading in via boat the following morning. Even the thought of heading into the city by boat was exciting, and as we came upon the city, my first thought was wow! It wasn't that it was overly gorgeous but more about seeing the buildings rising above the water. Our first stop was to a Venetian glass demonstration, where we were shown how the ...

Pompeii Enroute to the ferry to take us to Greece, we stopped off at Pompeii, a city famous for being buried by Mount Vesuvias eruption in 79AD. Standing on the ground that was once buried by volcanic ash was a pretty amazing feeling. The fact that this entire city was preserved so well under all the rock and has been excavated, and is still being excavated, is a testimony to the way that buildings were built to last in those times. I was familiar with th...