Today we travelled from Rome to Florence - which is about 300kms on the bus and we stopped at this beautiful little town on the Tuscan country side called "San Giminginano" which was a tiny, medieval, walled town known for being the torture place of Galilee Galileo after he discovered the world revoles around the sun! Got some beautiful pictures of the Tuscan valley and headed on our way. Florence is beautiful! We went up to the top of the mountain to overlook th...

So today I had the awesome opportunity of traveling to the Vatican City! Wow what an amazing experience! I can't express to tell you about the Sistine Chapel and the art in all it's awesomeness! It's INCREDIBLE and a definite must see! The line went down around the whole walls of the city and HUNDREDS of people line from the moment it opens to get in - luckily with contiki many lines can be skipped ;) We went in and saw beautiful tapestry, statues and the cei...

After a great day with the boys I got to meet up with my contiki - where we had a meet up, and chilled out by going to a restaurant that served huge pizza and then did night walking of the pantheon, trevi, and Spanish steps! It was a great night walking around the city, seeing the sites and bonding with my beautiful new friends! I'm so excited for spending the day at the Vatican and going inside the colloseo tomorrow ! Eeep

Well today I met 2 of my best friends in Rome - Josh and Philip! And I can say this one by far the best day of my life! ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! We met at their hotel and I had my first ever alone taxi ride. We went walking to find the colloseum and on the way saw the Santa Maria and went inside the St. Pietro In Vincoli as well as checking out ruins and trying expensive Italian cafe lattes! GOOD COFFEE but expensive €5. This was all before we were stuck with the...

Today didn't end up as expected.. After getting a transfer to my hotel and getting checked in early at about 730am, had a shower and slept till 11, went for a walk down the street and ended up not going very far before coming back and sleeping some more haha before meeting up with some people from my tour. I did see some beautiful buildings however but I just wasn't up for braving the city today haha! I met about 10, 2 brazillians, 6 Aussies and 2 Canadians - t...