Rome - 4-5 & 9-11 September TO BE COMPLETED Rome round 1 - Classical Rome Explored the ruins of Ancient Rome in a free walking tour as well as visiting the Coloseum, Palatine hill and Roman Forum. We also went to St Peters square to watch the pope give a blessing and went around Castel Sant Angelo which gave us a great view of the city. Rome round 2 - Vatican City and other things we had missed We spent a day exploring the various aspects of Vatican Ci...

The Italian Adventure with Busabout - Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri and the Amalfi Coast - 7-9 September After being in Rome for a couple of days we headed off on our Italian Adventure tour down to the South of Italy. This tour was run by Busabout and when we got there we found that out of the 42 people their were 37 Australians. However despite this unfortunate fact everyone was really cool and got on well. The first day we headed south on the bus until we reached...

Cinque Terre day trip from Florence On the 4th of September we decided to do our own day trip from Florence to the five small villages along the coast of Italy know as Cinque Terre (literally 5 towns). This meant catching the 7am train from Florence that got us into La Spezia around 10ish. Unfortunately we just missed the connecting train to the villages (due to my stupidity) which meant we then had to wait an hour for the next train. When we finally got on the ...

Florence - 2-4 September Day 1: When we got to Florence we did the afternoon free Medici walking tour however the guide wasn't particularly informative so we ended up leaving the tour halfway through when we got to the cathedral as we wanted to go in. The inside was a bit of a disappointment as we were expecting spectacular and it was felt quite empty. We then wandered down to the main square where we found a replica of David as well as a number of other impress...

Venice - 31 August - 1 September Day 1 - We did a great Free Walking Tour and learnt all about the history and future of the city, went to the Da Vinci museum and saw all of his works, visited San Marko square and went to San Giorgio island and went up the tower for an amazing view of the city and islands and ended the day by heading to the Jewish district for dinner. Day 2 - We went to the Doges palace and San Marko cathedral in the morning and then explored ...