So we got up early as we'd booked a walking tour of Rome on our first full day. This was probably not the best idea as I got to start the walking tour still drunk from the night before. Our walking tour guide in Paris mentioned that she'd done the walking tour and had loved it so we took her word and had signed up for it as well. So far she had not steered us wrong. Was thing going to be her first folly? The short answer; no. In the five hour tour we saw the...

Time for Italy, people! So I've never had any real interest in Rome. I mean, sure, they had God of War and all that, but nothing about it really blew my skirt up. How wrong I was. Rome contains all the charm that Paris wishes it had. The people are friendly, the buildings are beautiful and the history is rich and flavourful. While it feels like Paris is stuck a few hundred years ago and never wants to come out of its shell, Rome tends to gently remind you of h...