The city of canals and bridges, of Gondolas and as I experienced flooding.... Yes Venice floods around 90 days per year. We arrived late in Venice after a long day of driving. We hit Venice Island early on Tuesday morning catching a bus from the outskirts where we were living, into the heart of gondola country. In Venice when it floods, temporary walkways similar to camp stretches with wooden tops are run throughout the effected areas - shops sell gumboots and ...

Roma! Home to the Colosseum, Steps, Fountains and the Capital of the Church. I'm in love with Rome! The city is rich with history with many tourist sites stamped BC! Exploring the ruins, walking along the tree lined river (away from the tourists), enjoying Appertivo overlooking the Colosseum - whats not to love. While its officially about to tick over to off season over hear in Europe, many of the touristy destinations are still full of tourists. Lines are 3...

My time in Italy didn't exactly go to plan. With the expected flu hitting in Barcelona, my free week off tour to slow things down was going to be spent between Florence, Cinque Terre and Pompeii. I did slow things down and ended up staying in Florence and heading down to Rome a day early. My day trip out of Florence to check out San Gimignano, Pisa and Sienna was fantastic - check out Walk About Florence on Trip Advisor - fantastic way to head out and experie...

What an amazing couple of days in Florence! I left France wondering how anything could compare. When I first arrived in Florence, apart from trying to make my way through the cobbled maze of streets, I found it hard to understand what the fuss was all about. Now admittedly I wan't well, I didn't have a map and managed to take an hour to find the starting point for my Cooking in Tuscany course - which was only suppose to take 5 minutes :) Lucky I left myself an ...