After I booked my flight to Morocco for Monday 4th June, I was left with around 5 days empty with no plans and nowhere I really wanted to go. With the weather pretty dismal in Venice, and it not being the sort of place I wanted to be alone anyway as there's not much to do except wander and shop which can get really boring solo, I looked around for somewhere else to go. The southeast of France, southern Switzerland or Austria were all options, and Liz and Mia ...

I arrived in Venice on Sunday morning around 5.30am not so refreshed after my overnight train from Rome (went back to Rome for a couple of days after Tuscany). I'm a little sad at having left two good friends and fun girls behind, and at being back on my own, but also bouyed up knowing that it is actually possible to met and befriend people whilst travelling (you hear about it but don't really believe it will happen to you until it does). So anyway, it's far to...

On Monday Murphy and I head out to a camping ground 30kms outside Florence for some much needed r'n'r. Basically for 4 days we did nothing but sip cocktails reclining by one of the 7 pools and read our books. A book exchange ensured that we never ran out, and happy hour ensured that we never got thirsty! We had a private cabin with ensuite (an amazing luxury after weeks of dorm rooms and tents), several restaurants to choose from for dinner, a spa with jacuzzi an...

Thursday morning I said goodbye to Sorrento, the Amalfi Coast and the South of Italy, and headed up to Florence (Firenze). And didn't that turn into a bit of a train oddessy! I had to catch the train from Sorrento to Naples (1hr) but I was a bit late and had to wait half an hour for the next one. This little bit of lateness had an unfortunate knock-on effect becuase when I arrived in Naples I found that I had missed the train to Rome so had to wait 2.5hrs in ...

Sunday 13th May I spent walking all over Naples. I had only one day there so I got a big map, circled everywhere I wanted to go, and worked out a route before I left the hostel. Saturday had been the start of something called Culture Week, meaning that Italy-wide all state-owned museums and attractions are free until the following Sunday. So I went everywhere. I saw two castles, a couple of churches, and I spent the afternoon in a very nice museum called the M...