Spent the day cruising around Rome. There was an enormous thunder storm early and everyone we spoke to here said they had never seen anything so fierce, closed the metro and caused all other kinds of disruption. We managed to miss it all though and went shopping as apparently you have to do. We dropped into the Vatican after having a little lunch and I'm not a religious person but I stood in awe while in the Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica. The artwork is...

Well yesterday was spent cruising the Amalfi Coast and ending in Pompeii. It was an early start with the minibus picking us up at 0645. We were treated to great scenery and history early on, even if only traveling the highway. Mount Vesuvius loomed in the distance around Naples, the monastery housing the famous Benedictine monks before finally hitting the coast and oh what a ride. Once again, much like France, small narrow roads, winding down the sides of mountai...

It has been a busy few days. We have made our way from Nice to the Cinque Terre to Venice to Florence. Our stay in Vernazza in the Cinque Terre was amazing. After we climbed the 300+ steps to our accommodation, we were greeted with the most incredible ocean and town views and a north wind that just blew and blew. The town is the size of a postage stamp but was filled with great eating and drinking establishments. The this was one of those quaint little Italian vi...