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Day 31 – Milan
We were still so tired from Expo yesterday that we took a lie in. We knew we had another two days in Milan anyway so it wasn’t like we...
Aug 23, 20157 min read
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Day 30 – Milan Expo 2015
For those who don’t know what Expo is, it’s like a giant world fair. For this one, 145 countries came together with other businesses and...
Aug 21, 20155 min read
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Day 29 – Venice/Milan
When we woke up, the girls had already left and it was just the two of us left. If you can remember, when we visited Venice, the campsite...
Aug 20, 20155 min read
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Day 28 – Venice
The girls were excited to see Venice today and as a result we had all woken up reasonably early to get the bus in. Unfortunately,...
Aug 19, 20154 min read
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Day 27 – Lake Garda/Venice
I woke up to a debate going on in the other room. The girls were all arguing over something they had heard from back home – all the...
Aug 18, 20155 min read
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Day 26 – Lake Garda
I woke up to a message on my phone from the landlord in Florence. Bad news. She had said that they didn’t find anything but wished me...
Aug 17, 20156 min read
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Day 25 – Lake Garda
We are half way through our trip yet it didn’t seem like we had been gone for long at all, or that there were the same number of days...
Aug 16, 20154 min read
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Day 24 – Acqui Terme/Lake Garda
As much as we would have liked, we felt we had stayed long enough and had to move on at some point. Today, my girlfriend and I would be...
Aug 15, 20154 min read
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Day 23 – Acqui Terme
In our actual plan at the start, we hadn’t planned to come here at all, but having spent one less day in Budapest and after leaving...
Aug 14, 20154 min read
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Day 22 – Acqui Terme
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...
Aug 13, 20153 min read
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Day 21 – Pisa/Acqui Terme
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...
Aug 12, 20154 min read
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Day 20 – Florence
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...
Aug 11, 20155 min read
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Day 19 – Florence
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...
Aug 10, 20155 min read
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Day 18 – Rome/Florence
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...
Aug 9, 20155 min read
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Day 17 – Rome
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...
Aug 8, 20155 min read
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Day 16 – Rome
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...
Aug 7, 20155 min read
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Day 15 – Rome
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...
Aug 6, 20154 min read
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Day 14 – Amalfi
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...
Aug 5, 20154 min read
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Day 13 – Sorrento
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...
Aug 4, 20153 min read
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Day 12 – Pompeii
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...
Aug 3, 20154 min read
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