Rome

After the turmoil of Tunisia, it was good to arrive in Rome, a place that makes travellers feel welcome. We arrive and a bloke suggests a hotel for us. In Tunisia that would mean he wishes you to pay him for no reason. In Rome it means a bloke is desparate trying to fill his hotel and its a massive saving for us!

The days in Rome were filled with the usual things you'd do in Rome. Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Colleseum, Gelati at the Trevi Fountain.... You get the picture Cathy loved the fountain.

Real highlights everywhere and a really great 4 days.

Interesting reactions in Rome regarding the shot journalist. We haven't been able to understand the TV but the Italian news has been running it 15 minutes out of 30 (with soccer the other 15 minutes it seems).

One moment of drama this morning when the aforementioned cheap hotel tried to charge us an extra night. It appears that if you get a bargain rate, they invent nights of accommodation. They were even arguing that we stayed there when we produced our train ticket from Palermo showing we couldn't have done so. Anyway we escaped and continued on our merry way to Florence.

We arrived in Florence today. The train broke down on the way which is quite typical for Italy. We then went to Pisa for the afternoon. Needless to say that it is a great place to go for 2 hours and the tower really does lean. Amazing scenes. Nearly as amazing as the number of people attempting the 'push the leaning tower' photo. Extraordinary.

Photos are coming in the next week or 2. Promise.