Bologna turned out to be the unexpected highlight of our Italian tour. This was largely to do with the beautiful host we stayed with, Amelia, whose hostpitality, friendliness and just overall coolness made our stay so enjoyable and filled with great memories. We stayed here 3 days, the first night we were treated to homemade tortellini and an Italian Comedy show, it was difficult to understand but was still so entertaining, I was surprised at how much I got of th...

Firenze! What a city (despite the tourist overload). Such a short time spent here yet so much was taken in. Il Duomo was magnificent, so giant and majestic and perfect from every angle. Piazza Signorelli, Basilica something something, and Ponte Vechhio, with that line of jewellery shops that just dazzle you as you walk by. It made me think of Miss Johnson and Italian class, for some reason I always remember her mentioning it. The Uffizi galleries, with the legend...

This was such an amazing place to stay. Nestled up in the Tuscan hills surrounding Florence, we opened our eyes wide to take in the freshness of the air up here, the winding streets and little old scooters and trees lined up like dominoes along the lines of perfectly patchworked fields. The view from Settignano, near where our Servas hosts lived, was like a dream, a postcard perfect vision, the Tuscany you always dream of. Beautiful Firenze sparkled below and I a...

What happened in Geneva stayed in Geneva, the horrible sickly feeling lingered for many days and continues to fester in my memory but the regret and anger and sadness I slowly fading…Camera and laptop gone, sneakily stolen away by some faceless little s*** while I slept hugging my unlocked backpack, my lack of awareness still baffles me but I guess that's just life. The things I regret the most are the loss of my writing, those little entries I never put into b...

Bright and early (7am!!!!) we rose for a special trip to the Vatican, we met Steph there at 8ish and were one of the first to line up, my religion teachers would be proud of my effort. Absolutely lovvved the Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani), not only because the woman was nice enough top give me a student discount even though I don't have a student card, but because of the almost overwhelming amount of beautiful things in these halls and windy corridors and rooms...