Bit of a lazy morning at home today. Navajo got up and went for a run, and then we mucked around for the morning. We caught the bus into Parma at 12pm and did a bit of shopping and then went out for lunch. After lunch Cecilia headed to her driving lesson, and Navajo and I went for a bit of a walk - with our first stop being for gelato. I showed her my old school, and Cecilia’s old school and the route we walked every morning and every afternoon and then we he...

Another early start this morning to catch the train to Florence. Though this morning we had one of the fast flash trains and it was a direct train so no need to do any swapping and waiting. We arrived in Florence and with a bit of maze hunting and confusion we finally found our way out of the station, grabbed a coffee and carried on to start seeing the sights. We spent the morning look around a lot of the places Florence is famous for, we went to the Cathedra...

This morning we all had a bit of a sleep in. Cecilia got up early to go for a run before the sun came out and do some study for her exams and when we got up Navajo went for a run too. We had more pasta for lunch and then chilled out for a bit. I had a nap as I was feeling very unwell again. Then we all got changed and headed to the bus stop to catch the bus into town to do some shopping! When we got into Parma we were dying from the heat already so made a qui...

Early start this morning to catch the train. We’ve learnt that maybe Navajo should get up earlier with Cecilia! We packed some towels and sunblock into our bags, picked up Greta and headed into Parma train station. We made it onto the first train fine with a 2 hour trip and with a rush and 2 minutes to spare we got onto the second train in La Spezia to Monterosso seaside. We arrived and the first thing we could see was the sea, and with a quick stop for som...

Today was an interesting day. We had a sleep in, which was much needed after the girls night out. We mucked around for the rest of the morning, had lunch and some caked and then decided to head out on a bike ride. Erminio (my host dad) gave Cecilia instructions of a nice place to go for a mountain bike. Well, I’m Navajo’s words “it was the most adventurous bike I’ve ever been on!”, and that was most definitely the truth. Our ride totalled 22.5km and 1...