I woke up and opened the shutters to the countryside, hit by the sun’s rays coming over the tree line. There was a smell of coffee and...

Everyone woke up late and it was a mad rush to throw everything into our bags and tidy the flat. Although it took some people longer than...

Due to our ‘wild’ night, everyone slept longer than usual, but I made sure that once everyone was ready, we were out the door and spend...

Today we were to meet our friends in Florence and stay with them for two nights in an apartment. It is much cheaper this way as there...

We woke up early enough we thought, but obviously not as early as anyone else. I tried to be quiet and respectable when going to the...

The Spanish had left at 7.30am wherever they were going and woke me up, of course my girlfriend slept on. As I was up, I spent a long...

As everyone knows, Rome is full of history and  so I made sure that we got up early to do a long day of sightseeing. Walking down to the...

An early breakfast was needed so we could catch a train to Rome. It would be the last time we went through the dodgy market and I’m not...

Sacking the idea of visiting Capri and keeping the money for something better in the future, we boarded the same local train for the 3rd...

As it was the same train as yesterday, we knew to go to the front of the train and to the furthest end of the platform to avoid the...

It was culture day today and a visit to Pompeii was in order. I had read about the Circumvesuviana trains (the city trains) and how they...

I hardly got any sleep on the boat but my girlfriend did of course, wrapped up in my jumper (they really need to learn to turn off air...

Today we were back on sightseeing mode to visit the old walled town of Dubrovnik. We walked to the bus station because I didn’t know if...

There was a new girl at the desk this morning and she was lovely compared to the other girl. She informed us that the ferry workers were...

Still travelling… The overnight train was full of french speaking backpackers. We felt left out on all the gossip but they made an effort...

I woke up to my girlfriend cuddling me on the bottom bunk. What was the point of getting two bunks I thought, rather than how lucky I am...

From listening to all my friends and other stories about Budapest, I was expecting great things. None of which delivered. We had planned...

I ran a marathon the day before I started my trip and with very little training. As you can imagine, my legs were very stiff the first...

I was super excited today because we were going to see penguins (my favourite animal). Unfortunately not at the South Pole, but at the...

This morning we woke up and searched for a backpack, a smaller bag that we could take with us on day trips (I can’t stress how essential...