Milan and the day i spun on a bulls balls We left florence and hit the train to milan, when we got on the second train and found our cabin we had to kick out an old women from our seats, she spoke no word of english. Luckily the guy next to her looked at her ticket and told her she was In the wrong carriage. The train journey was long, i managed to finish my jeremy clarkson book on the way and get a few games of scrabble in. We arrived in milan, the hotel instr...

The leaning tower of pisa and the day the tour guide let us down We woke up and went to a bakery to get brekfast, copey had two croisants i had one and bought a sausage roll style pastry for lunch. We boarded the train to pisa, copey being the gentleman gave his seat upto some old lady and later found himself sat next to some americans. Now if you ever find yourself next to an american count how many times the words, like, awesome and wow come into the conversta...

All effort and no reward I woke up at 9 and spent the first hour online chatting to emily and gemma on my paldringo app. We eventually stirred i grabbed a shower, the water was warm but kept fading in and out. We got dressed and walked down to museum of uffizi. The queue for this place wasnt long it just didnt move! An american couple told us where we could reserve tickets so we walked with them to the office and bought entrance for 13:30 for €10.50, €4 more...

The tour guide hostel owner and the pork feast We woke up at 9 as we needed to check out and catch the train to florence for 10:45. We boarded a local train as it was the cheapest. It was the longest journey ever, i ended up playing scrabble on my phone to pass the time. I got a score of 307, which i dont know is good but i thought it was. When we got to florence we followed the directions on the email and we ended up at the hostel sao paulino. The owner checke...

How to ride a scooter italian style! After the booze last night we were feeling a little delicate so had a lie in until 12. We eventually stirred and then got ready to book a room in florence and then onto hire the scooters. We got to the laundrette / internet shop and managed to book a twin room for £22 a night. Just incase i didnt mention there are no free wifi spots in italy due to a new internet law where you have to always show your passport to get access...