Well it is Saturday afternoon on a lovely Spring day in Melbourne (I am not sure why everyone has been complaining about the weather here 🙂 ). The flight home was OK - I have decided I have one of those faces that gets picked for every random full on security check. I got picked …
Day 27 – Rome: Arrivederci
As we have a 3:30am start tomorrow morning I thought I would write my closing post a little earlier. So today is the last day of our trip. We opted for a slower start and a walk around some of the shops. As it happened we ended up walking to the Piazza del Popolo where …
Day 26 – Rome
As I mentioned yesterday we planned to do a 3 hour walking tour today; and we did. We started at the Colosseum so that meant getting up early to have breakfast before setting off to get to the Colosseum and find where we were meant to meet the tour guide. We were not sure how …
Day 25 – Rome
Our first full day in Rome was full on. To start - the weather is great, warm and sunny (about 26ish). After breakfast we opted for the hop on/hop off bus trip. We usually do the whole circuit initially to orientate ourselves and then work out where we would like to explore. The bus trip …
Day 23 – Positano (again)
Right I am now back up online (sorry about that - major internet issues). Here is what transpired. We had decided that our last day in Positano would be a slow one. When we got up it had been raining and the weather was cooler and the skies overcast. After breakfast, we lingered on the …
Day 22 – Positano: The Isle of Capri
I am being a bit lazy and writing up about our trip to Capri this morning (rather than last night). 🙂 It is a holiday after all. We caught the 9:00am high speed ferry to Capri. it took about 45 minutes to get there. As soon as we arrived we opted for a 2 hour …