Night location: Rome Another transit day today, this time from Capri to Rome. After an Italian breakfast in a cafe overlooking the sea and a cliff hung road winding up to Anacapri, we began the journey which consisted of a funicular, a ferry, a taxi, a fast train, and another taxi! Our hotel is located in a small street that runs behind Piazza Navona which is a fantastic location. When booking the hotel Amber was unable to book three of the same type of rooms...

Night location: Capri The forecast for today was never good so while we lived in hope, we were not surprised to wake up to some very heavy rain. While it was unsurprising we were still very disappointed as our main reason for returning to Capri was so that we could swim at Marina Piccola. Such was our determination that we even braved the rain and caught a bus down, only to find that the normally pristinely smooth water was crashing in on the rocks, so we bailed ...

Night location: Capri Waking up in Ravello was a real treat. Mum watched the sun rise through her window and was captivated with the changing light on the buildings and rock faces down the valley. We ate a delicious breakfast on the terrace before Gemma, Gareth and Mum went back to the gardens to see it in the morning light. The Avenue of Immensity is filled with eastern sun in the morning and it was a real treat to have the gardens to ourselves compared with yes...

Night location: Ravello A very early start this morning due to our flight to Naples. We overestimated the time it would take to reach the aeroporto as on the way in to the city it took over an hour, but at 6am with a loco taxi driver who did over double the speed limit in places, we reached our destination in approximately 25 minutes! Nevertheless we made it to Naples after a shorter than anticipated flight to meet our driver who would chauffeur us to Ravello. ...

Night location: Palermo Mumisode of the day: While on the Sacred tour of Palermo, Dad lead the group down a range of seedy back streets following his iPad. The streets were characterised by trash, open rubbish skips, scaffolding, overgrown gardens and human excrement. Mum coped surprisingly well until she trod squarely into what we hope was dog poo and then she cracked it and shouted, "Can you lead us onto a proper path with a bit of space!" Due to the extensive...