It was a beautiful day as we stepped out. The sun was shining and after yesterday it was beautiful to be outside. Jac even elected to forego a jumper which really gives a fair indication to how much things had improved. The decision was to head to a free tour which was a few sights on the way to the Vatican. The starting point was Piazza Di Spagna which is a famous meeting place of lovers and pickpockets. The main feature is the 138 steps where roma...

Wet, wet, wet. An average band but also an apt description of our day in Rome. We had a lie in this morning before heading out to find a warmer coat for Jac. It was overcast but not as cold as yesterday. After about 10 minutes it started to snow which made it very beautiful. It started off slow but eventually it really became thick but the good thing with snow is you can just brush it away. We walked past a fountain which had all iced up. I took the attached phot...

No hot water last night and now no hot water this morning. Well I'm not a morning person, as Jac will definately agree to, so when the water in the shower didn't get above 3degs I was out the door mumbling and ran into a cleaner. Thankfully he was helpful and sorted out our hot water. Unfortunately our heater wasn't working last night either and the bed broke so he agreed quite happily to us changing rooms. Everything now works and we are back to warmth and a sta...

We were up and showered before grabbing a lovely "Italian" breakfast of a croissant, OJ & coffee at our hotel in Pisa. Thinking it best to be earlier at the train station to buy our ticket to Rome, we headed down there straight after. Seeing a ticket machine with English translation & not wanting to rely too much on my primary school level Italian language knowledge, we managed to buy the tickets without too much hassle. Seeing as we had ...

Another beautiful sunny day in Malta as we said goodbye. We had a good flight and disembarked in Pisa. The cold air hit us like a wall and we knew that we would not be feeling warmth for quite a while now but at least the sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Pisa is a small place so we didn't worry about transport. We swung our packs on our backs and headed north for the 2km walk to our hostel. We took the most direct route followi...