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Normal 0 Welcome to beautiful Victoria, British Columbia! Here in the City of Gardens, you can enjoy the best that Vancouver Island has to offer. Visit the historic downtown - Douglas and Government Streets extend for miles, offering many attractions certain to appeal to everyone from families to couples to solo travellers young and old. See the British Columbia Parliament Buildings and the Empress Hotel (where you can enjoy afternoon tea), located right beside the beautiful harbour. Walk down here on the weekend and enjoy local art dealers and other interesting local crafts being sold in this area. Have children with you? Visit the Royal British Columbia Museum and ... read more

We were up at 9 am today to get ready to leave Mykonos. I think we were all pretty sad to be leaving this island paradise. Breakfast was at 10 am, then we had some time to relax before the shuttle was due to pick us up at 11 am. We drove back to the ferry terminal in Mykonos town, and got ready for the two hour journey to mainland Greece. On the ferry most of us napped and relaxed; it had been a hectic three days in Mykonos and we needed some down time to recover. We arrived at 1:30 pm, where we met back up with our coach and settled in for the drive to Preveza. We stopped for services at 4 pm, and ate at Maccas (how the Aussie's say McDonald's). Usually I'm ... read more

Today we all got to sleep in for the first time since we had left London. I slept until 10 am, then went to breakfast with Karly and Sharna. The breakfasts here were amazing - there was so much food and it all tasted great. For the next few hours I got ready, booked a massage for the next day, mailed some postcards, and used the computers in the hotel lobby. It was quite nice to not have anything to do, and to just catch up on de-stressing and some chores. At 1:30 pm, I met Karly, Sharna, and Debs to catch the bus into Mykonos town. Once there we split up - Karly and I went shopping one way, and Sharna and Debs went the other. Mykonos town was absolutely beautiful. I just found everything ... read more

The seats on the ferry got very uncomfortable after a while, and it was really hard sleeping upright. Eventually Megan took the floor and I layed down between our two seats. At 5:30 am an announcement came on saying that we were approaching our destination. Everyone jumped up and started freaking out because we were about six hours early and none of us were packed or ready. Turned out - we were just at the first stop that the ferry goes to, Corfu. We still had quite a while to go, so everyone went back to sleep. I woke up at 9:30 am and decided to skip breakfast for today. After getting ready I went for a walk around the outside deck with Debs. Our whole group spent the morning relaxing and watching a movie (Derailed ... read more

We had breakfast at 8 am today before starting out to begin our full day in Rome! We took public transport to the city (train / metro) and got off near the Spanish Steps. We got an included walking tour from Seb that covered the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, Piazza Venezia, and the Colosseum. We made several stops along the way, including to get some espresso and gelato. I had to stop at a pharmacy and get some probiotics and sunscreen. I had definitely underestimated the heat that we were experiencing in southern Europe. And this was only May! Anyone travelling to Europe in July/August, be prepared for extreme heat. I had to be really careful not to get dehydrated or sunburnt (with my pasty skin). As soon as we got to Rome I knew I ... read more