Well, it had to end at some point. Yesterday was pretty much a chill out day and I gave myself a bit of time to get some Christmas shopping done (see picture). Cue a couple of hours of mad dashing around various places in the shopping quarter, not all that designer though I'm afraid. After that it was time for an espresso and I aimed for the Piazzo Navona where I had passed through on my walk on Wednesday. The Piazzo is a bustling square which used to be used f...

Well what a day! The first day in 4 that I haven't been moving at 200mph, the only transport were my boots which have put some rubber down! Today was my first full day in Rome/Roma and I thought I'd hit up an early morning and get sightseeing with the now obligatory; Clark City Sightseeing Tour, Part 6. I got up nice and early, (12pm, whoops!) and headed straight for the Vatican City. Now I wasn't sure what I would think of the Pope's little church, as you prob...

Rome. The last stop on this Petit Grand Tour and I'm quite happy about that, let me tell you why. I've been moving around now for 8 nights (gypsy blood I know). This is my 6th hotel in my 6th city, and quite frankly I'm glad to be able to just relax for the last couple of days and finish preparing myself for the year ahead. This holiday has been like 3 city breaks with a stop-over before each one. It has been great to see so many amazing sights and experience p...

I've had worse Monday mornings. Yesterday started with a surprise, my shower head had LEDs in it when it was turned on! Cue minutes of fascination as to EXACTLY how it worked, and a bit of dismantling et voila; still no idea. Baffled. One part spare after rebuilding it too. Breakfast was a journey into the Etap unknown with a coffee and a croissant and I then left for the Geneve train. Got to hand it to Etap though, the room was ultra modern, very comfy bed and...

Evening people, Today's blog is quite a quickie, mainly because all I've done is sit on a train. It's not that difficult to be totally honest. I got up this am, ambled down to breakfast for a now obligatory croissant and couple of cups of coffees, packed my bag up and walked down to say ter-rar to the start/finish line behind the hotel. Then I walked back up to the train station and got on my train to Nice, a rapid change there for the train bound for Lyon and ...