By this stage of the journey, the days have started to muddle, so let's dispense with the need for Day titles shall we? I must say that despite the rushing around, i did manage to maintain some level of aweness of where we were and where we had been, keeping it real. Anyway, after falling down the stairs on the way to breakfast in Sorrento - nothing broken, just brusied knees and some giggling in the dark stairwell, it was off to Florence and smack into a traffic jam that had us stuck in a tunnel for about 40 minutes. Now, [View Full Entry]

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Okey dokes, where were we? This blog writing is quite laborious... So we were in Florence and pleasantly didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn! First things first, we were off for our group photo which after finding a market set up where they wanted to take a pic, we ended up in the Piazza near the fake David. Now, for those of you who have no idea what I am going on about, David is a statue and the real one is in a gallery, but a replica stands in the piazza with the pigeons and the [View Full Entry]

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The Tour Day One - the first real day anyway! After an early wake up call and breakfast, it was into the bus and introductions to Fabio - NOT, the most beautiful man in the cosmos - our coach driver, and the day song, which was Starz in their Eyes, a much questioned choice. After a great deal of time where Fabio attempted and eventually succeeded in reversing the coach out of the hotel gates, we were off, driving to Pompei and then our final destination of the day, Sorrento. Sitting at the back of the bus, it was soon [View Full Entry]

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Let's step back in time for a moment and revist the past. I want to update you on the crazy time I have had travelling around Italy. For those of you who didn't know, my friend Nessa and I booked with Contiki to do the Simply Italy tour and spend 12 days travelling around Italy. I had done a tour with Contiki before which was absolutely manic but Nessa talked me into doing another one. It would give us a chance to catch up and I would get the chance to visit a few places I had never been before, like [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone, well it has been a long time between drinks, approximately 12 hours for me, so i thought i would quickly check in with a new blog post. The long awaited details of the Italia tour are coming, and due to regular journal entries the Italy chronicles may take me a while to write but hopefully you will enjoy... I am currently in Rome, in a laundrette, washing my clothes and checking my email. The tour is over and my new found friends are departing for new adventures. Nessa and I have a couple more days in Rome before we [View Full Entry]

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Well hello there, and welcome, to another installment of the misadventure of moi! To everyone who has sent me messages, thanks and i am thinking of you all - sorry if i haven't gotten back to everyone. So, where do i begin? I have been writing little lists to remind me of thing so hopefully i don't miss anything out. Over the past week I have spent most of my time blowing my nose. The cold I have been cultivating over the past couple of months seems to have developed into a sinus infection or something now that I have stopped [View Full Entry]

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Yup, got here safe and sound. I even slept on the long haul flight, although i think that may be in no small part due to Micheala's witchy prediction that i would get stuck next to a larger man who would like to chat... So, sleeping was the best option although the oil shipping industry and being a ship's captain sounds enthralling and i'll be sure to consider it as a career option if Murdoch won't take me back next year! I successfully made it out of the country, although i must say walking through to the departure lounge was a [View Full Entry]

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So for all of those who are hanging out for the next installment, here goes...oh, and apologies to those who weren't, here it is anyway! I have made it through the last week of insaneness. Whoever decided to let me work up until the weekend i fly out is mad! There has been many goodbyes, all of them sad, lots of them overwhelming. The problem with trying to jam so much into such a short space of time as well as working has been the utter exhaustion that has overcome me. Add to that a wedding where you are in the [View Full Entry]

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Travel Insurance...you know, that thing your Mum nags you about to make sure that if you happen to break your leg attempting to climb the Eiffel Tower you'll still be able to afford the ambulance and the hospital bills. I've finally sprung for the financial side of travel insurance but i think this weekend was the travel insurance i really needed. The kind you need when you are in the middle of somewhere, not lost, because, let's face it, you've never been there before so why would you know where you were? Or, when you are waiting for that damned trained, [View Full Entry]

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So, the trip is well and truly on. Bye bye Perth! I'll see you next March! I have had my leave booked for over 6 months and it feels like i haven't taken any leave it a million years! I even had work over the Christmas break so the countdown is on! With only just under three weeks to go i've got plenty still to do, What with packing up my house and storing my stuff, trying to figure out how to move all my stuff and trying to stay alive in the 35+ temperatures things are getting a little stressy! [View Full Entry]

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