Night location: Syracuse, Italy A Muse of the Day: In order to cure the Maltese Dog and Gemma's seasickness it was decided that Gareth and David should imitate the puppet dance duel. David was keen, Gareth took some convincing, but eventually armed with coat hangers for swords and pillows for shields, they fulfilled their duty. The girls maintain they will be cured tomorrow. Today we explored Ortigia, the ancient island of Syracuse. Our hotel is located in a bri...

Night location: Syracuse, Italy A Muse of the Day: After waiting for a significant period of time to get the bill at the restaurant last night, David started to fan himself with a 50 Euro note to get the waiter's attention. Amber remains a victim of the Maltese Dog and Gemma remains sea sick from the cable car, so the boys were on their own for the sight seeing this morning. The Ancient Theatre was apparently extremely hot and there was no zephyr to be felt in ...

Night Location: Taormina, Italy A Muse of the Day: Amber has mastered the 'I'm really, really not interested' look. While it took multiple attempts from Gemma and Gareth to say no to a Thai massage, all it took was one look from Amber and the masseuse moved on. The Hotel in Taormina is spectacular. Breakfast is served on a stunning roof top terrace with views up the mountain and down to the bay. It has had the best Italian breakfast spread that we have seen w...

Night Location - Taormina, Italy A Muse of the Day: While returning from dinner in the midst of the glamorous bustle along the famed Corso Umberto, David spotted a street shop sign of a life size caveman wearing a loin cloth. He directed Amber to watch as he cheekily removed the loin cloth to reveal the private parts of the figure. Amber was embarrassed. Today was a day spent largely avoiding the Maltese heat and humidity. It said that it felt like 35 degrees an...

Night Location - Valetta, Malta A Muse of the Day: One of the group who shall remain unnamed declared at lunch, "I could quite easily go about naked!" in response to the intense hot and humid conditions today. After a hurried breakfast we were transferred down the hill to the ferry terminal (making the downward journey was a lot nicer than the upward journey) and boarded the boat from Gozo back to mainland Malta. The wind was up in Malta today, so the normally c...