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 ...

'A beginners guide to Hong Kong' (as told by a couple of beginners)After several months of planning, weeks of excited anticipation and a few days of not enough sleep, we have finally arrived in our first destination, Hong Kong. Firstly a few tips about flying for those who might not have much experience in this area. 'Take care when opening the overhead lockers as baggage can move during the flight', you hear this as part of the safety briefing,...