So today is the day we went to Florence. Here's something that you should probably know though. I've found Sarah's favourite hobby: waiting for trains and planes. Sarah had stipulated that we needed to leave at a set time in order to be able to make the train to Florence in time. Unfortunately I managed to run over my bare foot with a heavy-as-all-hell locker and had a little trouble finding a small lock in complete darkness (I didn't want to wake up our entire ...

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...

Time for Spain! So this is going to be a short one people. See, I kinda forgot to take any notes in Barcelona and to be honest nothing major really happened there. Basically we got to the got to the hostel, dumped out bags and headed straight off to the beach. On the way I found something that made me want to risk serious jail time. It turns out that you can buy turtle at street side vendors. But not just any turtles, tiny little baby ones (about the size of 20...

Paris day two! Son of day one! Getting up in the morning we headed downstairs for our complimentary breakfast. It was either cereal or baguettes and so we grabbed some baguettes and butter. Let me tell you this. Here is where I found the shining diamond that is almost the only jewel in the turd of a crown that is Paris. The food.The bread was some of the best I've ever had. And no, there's no sarcasm there. I'll extrapolate on the food angle in a bit though. We...