As I begin writing this entry, I'm sitting poolside listening to some tunes, drinking pear cider, soaking in some sunshine and taking the occasional dip. We got home at 7:30am this morning after a night of cheap drinks and epic DJs in the world's best known party hub. Uh Huh, we are in Ibiza baby!! I could pretty much summarise our stay like this: party party party sleep eat beach party. However I am not a woman of few words as you may have noticed, so here's t...

When we were first pondering our trip to Europe, 6-8 weeks was the agreement. But the more we read and researched and saved, the bigger it got until it became 5 months and a working visa. When everything is so close together and there is so much to see and do, it gets very hard to stop. But quality of time is important too, so at some point you have to draw a line and make a list of your absolute must-dos. Barcelona was at the top of that list for me, battling i...

Nice - you confuse me. I still don't quite know what to make of you and your population of interesting/dodgy peeps, or your pretty and modern boulevards that turn to shifty streets without warning. I loved laying in the sun on your beautiful and bustling beach, but not terribly keen on the rocks that burn and stab my feet, and crumble away steeply causing me to fall over while I am trying to emerge gracefully from water which is so clear and so salty that I float...

By the time we reached Cinque Terre, we had been in Italy for nearly 2 weeks. So, it didn't come as too much of a surprise that there was a train strike on, with only limited trains running. However I did surprise myself by managing to buy our tickets entirely in Italian! We arrived at midday from Florence after stopping at Pisa on the way for the obligatory cheesy photos. The place is flooded with touts, with sales pitches reminiscent of Thailand - "Australia,...

Have you seen 'Under the Tuscan Sun' before? That is one whack movie, but there was something a little bit charming about watching it on the bus ride from Rome to Florence and glancing out the window to see the same beautiful scenery. We stopped in Orvieto for lunch and browsed the little hilltop town with its 'striped wallpaper' looking church, and arrived in Florence late thanks to our somewhat disorganized guide. This put the pressure on a little as unfort...