Having visited parts of Austria earlier this year, I was looking forward to Vienna.  I liked it there, but not as much as the other towns I’ve seen there. We started the day with a coach and walking…

     Oh coach days, how fun you are. They’re all starting to blend together at this point, especially when we sleep through most of them. Our drive today did take us through some stunning scenery though, as we climbed…

     Venice is definitely my favourite city so far on this trip. It’s so different to anywhere else, with all the canals and narrow streets, and so beautiful. We took the ferry over first thing in the morning, and…

     There’s so much to see in Rome that it’s impossible to yet round it all in the space of time we were there, but we made a damn good go of it. As it was a Wednesday, the…

     So much for uneventful travel days! The drive from Florence to Rome is far shorter than any other we’ve done so far, so we arrived there in the early afternoon. We weren’t warned of this though, so everyone…

     Florence is a beautiful city, and I’m expecting that the rest of Italy will be the same. It’s also been really hot here, which makes things nicer. We started the day with a leather demonstration at Leonardo’s, since…

      Hey there Italy! On to a new country today. It was another driving day, but we did get to make an exciting stop to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was a bit surreal to see…

     The French Riviera is a lovely stretch of coast, especially on a day as nice as we had. In the morning we went to the Fragonda perfumery, and got some stunning views out to sea on the drive.…

     Today was one of our more interesting coach days, as we stopped off in Arles for an hour or two. It was really interesting to just wander through it, as there are lots of Roman remains throughout, including…