Friday 3rd October Today we started the concise tour of Rome from the Hop on Hop off bus, first stop Colosseum which was really great, fantastic to consider the history and learn from the guide what ACTUALLY happened versus what Hollywood would have us believe, it is a really huge place, hence the name and to touch walls which were built so long ago in 70AD was a really terrific feeling. We avoided the dress up gladiators and other street vendors who wanted our ...

Hi readers, here we go with a quick blogg but no glasses so watch out... Left Paris early Wednesday morning to a little drama with the taxi some 30 minutes late and the hotel manager beggining to panic because he had booked it. Finally a replacement vehicle arrived because the first one had broken down, a quick dash to the airport in less than 30 minutes cost us 55 euros but we couldnt argue (later we found average fare 35 euros!!!), plane was delayed because cr...

We arrived in Roma today, but first we will finish our account of Paris. After a fantastic day of going to the top of the Eiffel tower on Sunday we had a slow start to the day and ambled into the city late morning. We had our usual bagette for breakfast and found our way to the Louvre via the metro which in fact stopped right in the Louvre. Of course we found the Mona Lisa and then wandered around for another couple of hours, checking out all the exhibits. Naplo...