06/02/2012 Florence Today we slept in until 9 and got up and had breakfast in our hotel. We had decided today we would to the Hop on Hop off bus around Florence as it is the best way to get around and see everything. The bus we got on had an open roof so we sat down stairs; the breeze that was drifting down was cold enough for us! There was no snow in Florence and wasn't as cold as some of the other places we had visited. No shorts and t-shirt weather but the...

05/02/2012 Rome to Florence Today we were up and ready for another early train to head to Florence. The streets were so so slippery and very hard to walk on. The soft fluffy white snows had been pushed off the roads and streets over night and were covered in a layer of horrible slippery ice. We were at the station in plenty of time and ready to board except due to the snow our train was delayed…we are definitely getting used to hearing this! An hour or so ...

04/02/2012 Rome This morning we got up and had breakfast then jumped on the metro train and went to the Sistine Chapel and Vatican City. There was snow and people everywhere. People were making snowmen and having snow ball fights, it is not usual for Rome to get snow. There were thousands of people around and as we were walking from the train station and a man confronted us about doing a tour through the Vatican city and Sistine chapel with a guide and went ...

03/02/2012 Krakow to Rome Another early morning today and first in for breakfast, we were checked out and had eaten and picked up by 7:15 by our shuttle to take us to the airport. We were flying with Ryanair and our flight was at 9am. I did not want to give them any reason to charge us extra for anything therefore wanted to be there in plenty of time! Due to massive amount of snow that we received over night we were delayed by an hour as they had to remov...