Destination: Italy

Rome & Vatican City

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 | By kayley | Views [495]

WOW! Rome is an absolutely incredible place to be. seemed a bit dodgy when we walked out of the train station but our hotel was nice enough and the pizza once again cheap and awesome. we had an extremely early night as we were all buggered but got up ... Read more >

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Florence

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 | By kayley | Views [445]

got up at quarter to 5! ggrrr! headed over to florence. had the scariest incident with a guy on the train who watched me sleep and then stared at us the whole way. felt very uncomfortable then but once again we survived and made it to florence, the home ... Read more >

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Venice

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 | By kayley | Views [394]

The train trip to Venice was pretty much deadly. 8 hours long but at least the view of the Italian alps was pretty and we had some lovely Italian women sitting with us teaching us Italian and telling us to marry their sons. LOL arrive in Venice and ... Read more >

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I have arrived

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By galla161 | Views [463]

So I finally arrived after two flights and a four hour bus ride.  My apartment is very nice but is about 20 minutes away by bus from the centro, meaning the Duomo.  My first night I just slpet and the next day I had orientation.  My apartment is really ... Read more >

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Gallery: Rome

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Photo Gallery

Venice and Verona

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 | By sare | Views [464]

spent 2 nights in Verona (16th and 17th)and took a day trip into Venice. First of the 2 days was Venice... it was raining but Venice is such a beautiful, incredible city that it didnt really seem to matter! Caught up with jess which was great and spent ... Read more >

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venice

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 | By anabobana | Views [779]

so this is where i am now ... sitting in the hotel and typing up the rest of my blog for some reason hotels are much cheaper than hostels in italy ... we paid the same price for a 4 bedroom hotel room, that we would have paid for a hostel bed ... so ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Rome, Italy

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 | By mattso | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Florence, Italy

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 | By mattso | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Venice, Italy

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 | By mattso | Photo Gallery

Rome, Italy, Part 2

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 | By mattso | Views [1075] | Comments [5]

So I'm getting used to waking up tired even after a good night's sleep, but you have to push on so that's what I did. Fortunately, it wasn't raining but stayed overcast. After grabbing some breakfast at the train station, I caught the Metro down to see ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Italy

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By wild_blue | Photo Gallery

Time Out

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By wild_blue | Views [1169]

Hi!!! Been off the air for a while and have a massive missive to upload, sorry i haven't been in touch more, but travelling at this spped is such a spinning thing - like i need that! Just a few days to go now and we'll be back (italian keyboard is funny!) ... Read more >

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Rome, Italy, Part 1

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By mattso | Views [1242] | Comments [1]

Ahhh Roma!! Centre of the (old) universe, hehe. Well, my hotel wasn't too far from the train station and I didn't get badly lost trying to find it, so I was off to a good start :).  Having mastered the Metro train systems in Russia (cough cough), I was ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Florence, Italy

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 | By mattso | Views [908] | Comments [2]

Ok I blame the new moon on my Venice ramblings, so its a good thing Florence improved my mood :). Still a little overwhelmed by churches and history which I know nothing about, I couldn't helped be awed by the Basilica St Mary (she's popular in these ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing