Day 216, 5 February 2013, Roma, Italia. We decided to hit the other big ticket Roma Pass item (€13) this morning and had our host phone a reservation through to the Borghese Gallery - even though it's low season, Rome's big attractions are still busy. Thankfully though, because it's low season, we were able to go today (usually you have to reserve the day before). We nipped off to our local metro stop (Manzoni) and hopped the A Line to Barberini. (Loving the...

Day 215, 4 February 2013, Roma, Italia - The Eternal City and all that jazz. Now you all know we are huge fans of city passes, and usually get twice as much value as they cost by simply doing everything they offer. We investigated the "Roma Pass" and whilst different - it was still stunningly good value. Three days unlimited use of public transport, first two visits for free and any other visits at the reduced rate. Today we launched (or should I say lurched)...

Day 214, 3 February 2013, Rome, Italy. Planes, Trains & Automobiles - Travel Day! Given we didn't get to sleep till well after pumpkin hour, it seemed a cruel joke when the alarm went off at 6 am. Fortunately we got a cab easily just outside Tune on Gray's Inn Road. London cabbies being near-god like in my opinion, this one took us from one side of town to the other in short order... very few people around at that hour on a Sunday morning. And those that ...

Day 213, 2 February 2013, London, United Kingdom. Excellent sleep at the Tune Hotel in Kings Cross. The odd person getting home late, the rumble of the underground beneath us... nothing was interrupting our beauty sleep. We were up bright and early and London turned on excellent weather for two days in a row - sunshine! Only 3 degrees or so but warm by our recent standards. We had a cooked breakfast and wore out the pavements again on our way back to our new...

Day 212, 1 February 2013, London, United Kingdom. So incredibly good to be 'home". Looking a bit frayed around the edges but things to do and people to see. Used the great rail link from Luton airport straight into St Pancras station we then waved an ecstatic goodbye to our massive ski bag. We won't see that again until Berlin. Shipping documentation always takes time, so we didn't make it to the Tune Hotel Kings Cross until 11 am, dumped our other massive ...