The second day in Athens was probably our most eventful one, going to the mainly tourist places and also the unknown areas that were recommended to us by a guide, visiting the Acropolis and having lunch in the Plaka, before clambering up the Philopappus Monument at sunset. It’s […]
Lisbon is a place of sights and wonders, not least renowned for its trademark cable cars, along with its limitless attractions hidden inside the heart of the city and throughout. So it wasn’t long before I discovered that there was a lot more to Lisbon and Portugal than […]
We today arrived at the port of Livorno, to travel over to Pisa and Florence. We had (for once) decided to go on an arranged excursion trip which was organised by an Italian lady. Getting on the coach we took about an hour before reaching our first city, […]
Finally arrive at the ‘Port to Rome’ today-Civitavecchia, a small little fishing port on the coast of Italy, at 7:30. Get woken up by the most annoying ring tone in the whole universe (aka the phone on my left, I tried blocking the noise with some of my […]
Cartagena was our next port of call, and I woke even more tired then yesterday. The sun glared in my eyes like a hot poker as I stepped off onto the eerily quiet docks. Well, when I say docks-it was one long platform with a barred entrance and […]