First stop, PisaWhen heading north west from Florence, Pisa is a must stop, even if just for a few hours. Having been to Pisa before we already knew it is very touristy. Inside the 'Piazza dei Miracoli' (Square of Miracles), you will find, Pisa Cathedral, the Pisa Baptistry, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and the Camposanto Monumentale (Monumental Cemetery). Markets surround the perimeter of the area (selling all the usual touristy trinkets and t-shirts). Ja...

Last time we visited Venice we camped in a little campground on the mainland about fifteen minutes by bus from Venice itself, this time although it would have been nice to stay on the island of Venice, we had a car and with no roads and a very expensive car parking building, we chose to stay at Hotel Bologna, in Mestre, which is just one stop on the train stop from Venice. The railway station and bust stops were directly opposite the hotel, so in just 10 minute...

On leaving Rome, Doug, Janet, Tony and I headed firstly to the Tivoli Water Garden's, approximately 30 minutes north east of Rome. We first learned about the Tivoli Gardens from a movie and on wandering around the beautiful water displays and fountains we soon realised the benefits of sitting through many a 'chick flick' with Sarah and Kate when they were teenagers. Yes the Tivoli gardens are featured in the movie 'Lizzie McGuire', which we ...

Firstly if you haven't been to Rome before (and we hadn't), we could only describe its summer temperatures as hot, very very hot, in fact hotter than Hong Kong & equally humid, so yes once again large amounts of water was consumed by all and there was of course lots of sweat. Rome is also a very dirty city, rubbish & graffiti everywhere, on walls, doors, buildings, sides of trains, you name it, it had graffiti on it! But it is also a city crammed full of ...