Destination: Italy

Gallery: Padova

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Verona

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Venice - City of Water!

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 | By porksbuck | Views [505] | Comments [1]

After aborting the Terra we headed for Venice, the city of water. We deceided to try something different and stay at camping grounds why not hey? thanks to Lauren who suggested we stay here on the mainland because it was so much fun! This camp site was ... Read more >

Cinque Terra - Cutest little place ever!

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 | By porksbuck | Views [790]

Next stop on the tour is the Cinque Terra. we jumped on a train in the morning, luckly it was raining that day, so were glad to catch up on some sleep on the train ride. We checked into our hostel, another 12 bed dorm.....was VERY cramped in! beds in ... Read more >

Gallery: Cinque Terra

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 | By porksbuck | Photo Gallery

The Trashbags finally abort the UK - and this time its for good!

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 | By porksbuck | Views [621] | Comments [1]

Well the day has finally arrived!!!The trashbags are offically leaving the UK! well......... there was a slight eliment of doubt there for a moment.... but luckly.... Blue powerade once again saved the day! we had of course, had a MASSIVE night the night ... Read more >

Verona

Tue, 7 Apr 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [828]

Hi All, We got to the train station after catching the metro and changing lines. It took a bit of searching on the map to figure out that MI LAM was not central station in Milan. We missed the train as the delay at the hotel cost us 10 minutes but ... Read more >

Milan, Italy

Tue, 7 Apr 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [919]

Hi All, Marseille to Nice on the bus. We wanted to get a bus to Milan but the only bus from Marseille was a night bus and we wanted to see the country as we travelled so took a short day bus to Nice in the hope of catching another day bus onto Milan.... Read more >

prova del blog

Sat, 4 Apr 2009 | By irene_t | Views [283]

ecco qui, non avevo la minima intenzione di aprire un blog, li ho sempre trovati noiosetti sia da tenere che da leggere... ma son  finita su worldnomads.com a comprarmi l'assicurazione sanitaria x l'anno in Israele e zac!!! in regalo c'era questo blog ... Read more >

Tags: pensieri

When in Rome

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 | By nadscol | Views [565]

Another train ride and we arrived in Rome. I’m getting sick of trains. We made our way to the hostel we had booked earlier. It was cosy and small and in aback street just off one of the main drags. Lovely place, good price- if you are in Rome and need ... Read more >

Tags: italy

I wanna be a Wallaby

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 | By nadscol | Views [768] | Comments [1]

The train ride to Padova was long and frustrating. We were sitting directly across from a small child who seemed to seriously believe that 2 hours of continuous kicking, leg swinging and whinging were the best way to enjoy such a journey. I was very ... Read more >

Tags: italy

Milano Baby!

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 | By nadscol | Views [608] | Comments [1]

I have finally made it to Italy- after all this time! Home of pizza, pasta, risotto, gelato and lots of Italian people. The wait had been much too long. We arrived in Milan after another very long train ride. We found our way to our hotel after only ... Read more >

Tags: italy

venizia - lightning quick part 1

Thu, 5 Mar 2009 | By jjassen | Views [743] | Comments [1]

Lightning quick Venice, now Vienna! Venice was beautiful, though gray and cloudy and dirty. I took many pictures. I think the grayness of the citz (but with water so amazinglz dark green, I would have thought the city was dying it for the tourists..... Read more >

Tags: nougat, venice, venizia, vienna, wien

catchup blogging: Roma

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 | By jjassen | Views [774] | Comments [1]

My hostel method of only booking one night at a time worked extremely well in this case. The Yellow Room, my 7th hostel, was terrible. No common rooms, no kitchen. So I booked my second night in the same hostel as the Irish couple, called Freedom Traveller.... Read more >

Tags: italian, italy, roma, roman, rome

catchup blogging: The Ferry

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 | By jjassen | Views [805]

While in Barcelona, I got out my map and with the help and advice of Niki, I decided against going north to France, opting instead to stay in southern Europe, chasing the sun! Enter Grimaldi Ferry. Having overstayed my time in Spain (about a week!) ... Read more >

Tags: corsica, ferry, grimaldi, irish, joe, louise, mediterranean, sardinia