A tiny bit of a background regarding this trip first. This will be my second ever overseas trip … haven’t fully completed the first epic journey I took two years ago, so really have to get onto that, however wanted to start on this one while it is still all fresh. This will be my husband and my first trip away together since we have been married and without any of our five children. Will be interesting just for that achievement. Graciously my parents will look after my bundles of joy for our trip. The trip will be for my husband’s fortieth birthday. We will be heading to Dubai for three nights before jumping about the Voyager of the Seas (Royal Caribbean) on a cruise via India and Malaysia to Singapore, where we will then have ... read more

Our final day. It was a sad one. We parted ways with alot of new found friends before we got on the bus. Some were stopping off in Paris, some were going on further trips from here, and some were flying out directly. On the brighter side, it meant a seat per person, or close to at any rate! Heading back towards Calais, was our last European sunrise. I had a total ball with the camera (the little one, not my sony) It was a case of how many photos could I randomly take on the bus. With the sun rising, I was impressed with the results! I guess the thing that I found most beautiful was that it was snowing as we were going to the boat. Our tour started with snow and would end ... read more

Waking up early wasn't hard this morning. We were heading to Paris. It was one of those impossible things and probably the icon of romance to myself and finally I was about to be there, for New Years Eve as well! The sunrise was gorgeous and I have to say in the end the countryside is kind of more of the same. It does get a touch boring on the bus (which is horrible to say, I'm in France for heavens sake!!!!) Its the cramped seats I guess, and inability to stop whenever I please to capture the scenery as I like. For lunch we arrived in a little town named Borne (pronounced Bon). Now if you are a cake person, like I am a cake person, you have now arrived to heaven, literally! I dont ... read more

Now this was a day I was somewhat excited about jumping up in the morning and racing out to greet! We were going to Pisa :) Its so Italianish. Ok, so I have been in Italy all this time and a bit down this day also meant heading into France towards Paris .... deep breath .... oooooooo I think it was the time I also turned into a big child! (or later in the day at any rate). Trying to remember the order in which everything happened today! Kind of frustrating, I should have taken a map with us and circled the bits I took photos of along the way. Driving from Florence to Pisa, we had to go a back way, and couldn't take the main roads due to flooding in the area. Apparently they ... read more

What an adventure today turned out to be. :) We choose to go on the optional tour today, which was the tour of Capri. We had been heavily warned against trying to go to Capri and look around by ourselves as we would apparently be totally ripped off and unable to do much as it was winter. Ok .... Heading down the road to the harbor was a mini adventure in itself. At the base, the weather was a bit ordinary and windy. There were a bunch of cats by the path, which were beautiful. Not sure if they were ferral or not. There were plenty of them though. Getting on the boat, the water looked simply glorious. Such a beautiful colour and all. We boarded inside a sheltered area. The fun began as the boat ... read more