Bill: We have made it to Roma and it is great. The train ride to Rome was not so great though. Actually the whole day getting to Rome was a bit of a right off. First we got out of bed an hour after we planned to, **** but not the end of the world. So we worked out that the bus we had to catch to Selerno (train station) was going past at 8.55. Th...

Susanna. Susanna, if you remember dear reader, is the "gorgeous Swedish girl" from Florence who I hoped I'd bump into in Rome. I remember talking to her on the patio of the Archi Rossi and after hearing she was on her way to Rome, I wanted to give her my card so we would meet up, but I'd barely talked with her. She was one of the quietest of the...

Hi everyone! Okay so now you can all calm down we're finally updating our journal. But you know what its like travelling around europe, all the seeing famous stuff thats really old, the relaxing on the beaches, the (window) shopping & all that eating really take it out of ya.....well the eating bit is a lie, we're always starving! we're looking ...

...do as the Romans! Apparently that means drive like a bat out of hell, ignore the concept of waiting in line, and exhibit a passion for life (and your city) that is found nowhere else. Despite warnings that Rome is a crowded, hectic city that is best seen as quickly as possible, I'm actually really enjoying my time here. I can see how it can b...

Casa Olmata, Rome Ricki: This place is still pretty much second rate, but is infinitely better than the last, though it took us a while to end up here. Yesterday we had been approached at the station (after the first guy, Capt'n Snooze, had taken us to Soggy Simona's) by another guy who wanted to know if we needed accommodation. His name was Zor...

Casa Olmata, Rome Alex: Mauritzio, whose name is no doubt spelled very differently to that, and who brought us to this hostel from the train station, had promised us among many other wonderful things, a "big breakfast" included in the price of our room. Well this morning our "big breakfast" consisted of kiwi fruit and mandarins, and cookies and ...

Casa Olmata, Rome Alex: Breakfast this morning was similar to yesterday, except that the cakes had been replaced with bowls of cornflakey things and warm milk - and we had no cereal of our own to fall back on. The day's plan was to have a look around the Vatican, St. Peter's Cathedral and the Sistine Chapel; we took the scenic route along the Ri...