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Hi all, Well has been an adventure getting to Athens. Since my last note, we have travelled from Korcula to Dubrovnik by ferry. We had pre-booked accommodation with Rooms Ivo, a private house where they turn rooms into guest accommodation and have backpackers stay. Very basic type accommodation with shared bathroom, but the place was clean and had aircon in the room, always a plus during this heatwave they are having over this way. Rooms Ivo is just (about two hundres metres) outside the old town of Dubrovnik and right under the mountain which the Serbs etc bombed the town from during the war. Yet another amazing place but very touristy. I think that it is sad that all the food is geared to the German, English and Italian tourists as it is hard to find ... read more

Hey all. Well have arrived on the lovely Island of Hvar, it is off the coast from Split and what a magical place it is. Seems pretty up market but we got rooms with a lovely old lady through Lonely Planet guide and they are great, could however do with aircon. We at least have a kitchen we can use in this place so I am off to buy a chicken and other bits to make us some dinner - getting sick of pizza etc all the time, but the Octopus and Greek salads are to die for. This is the Croatian version of Elba and about as upmarket. The heatwave continues in this part of the world with temps in mid to late thirties each and every day, sorry. Was so warm last night that ... read more

Hi all, Just a quick update to let you know we are alive and well. Have now been to Cinque Terre for two days and did the walk yesterday. Place is absolutely crawling with Aussies and Kiwis - I hope someone turned the light out when the last one left home. The walk normally takes 5 plus hours, but with Lachie, we had it out of the way in 3.5 hours, including the stops. Great walk and more on it next blog. Pisa was a leaning tower and that was it. Take care Paul ... read more

Hi all, Well arrived in Rome yesterday and having a lovely time. Luck for us we found the energy after a late night in Turkey to go out and view the Colusseum and Palentine Hill yesterday afternoon. Those who have been there will know that you just look everwhere and there is history just lying in the grass and what do and what do you not bother to photograph. I took the photograph everthing option and delete later. We had a great guide - ten euro each including the ticket and entry past the hourdes into both sites. Thinking of doing something similar with the garden at home on my return - menhirs are the new black. I won't try to describe it all here as I won't do it justice. Just an amazing experience to ... read more

Hi all. Yesterday we took a tour of Istanbul for 100 Turkish Lira which proved to be worth every penny Once again excuse the lack of punctuation = these keyboards are killing me For other travellers reading this = then take the tour they are well worth the money and the explanations and guided tours are everything Our guide was a little Istanbul local who sounded English educated and said he self educated and got his accent from listening to the BBC world service as a young man and now BBCTV He is of course multilingual as he walked past us today with a group of German tourists speaking fluent German Meeting up with the Germans tonight for Rika The day yesterday started off better for us than one guy anyway = some one was murdered ... read more