Big Adventures, Little World

Archive for 2010

The morning started nice and early once again, but this time not for the bus ride. This was to head to Vatican City, for a professional guided tour. I really don’t know what to say about Vatican City, there is just so much history involved and so much to take in, it is really something [...]

Another early start, this time to head into the city of Florence once again for a walking tour with a local guide. He took us around and we saw some pretty cool sights and some amazing statues, including the statue of David, which they have a few replicas throughout the city. Florence is a really [...]

Back on the bus we went and by now I had become pretty accustomed to sleeping on the bus which was good considering all the late nights and early mornings we were having. We were always trying to cram as much as possible into the days, but with such little time in so many places [...]

We were up quite early before breakfast and we had time for a swim, so Lucy and I went off to the beach for a quick swim and then lay around on the not so comfortable stones in the sun which was a great way to start the day, and something I can recommend to [...]

After our short stay in Avignon we headed for the French Riviera, which is a spectacular place. On the way there we stopped at a perfumery and got a short tour of how the perfume is made which was quite interesting, but not really for me. We had the option of buying it direct from [...]