Orvieto The Amalfi Coast From Orvieto we drove another 400 odd kilometres to Ravello which sits perched up in the mountains looking over the stunning Amalfi coast. It's definitely a contender for the most beautiful of the
Orvieto From Vernazza we drove the 400ish kilometres to Orvieto through beautiful Tuscany. Even though the majority of the driving was on the Autostrada the scenery was still beautiful. We waved to Lucca as
Cinque Terra Cinque Terra Ok, I'm going to stop apologising for the gaps between posts. I'd like to be posting more but a combination of shitty internet in hotels and generally being busy having a good time
Emilia-Romagna Once again, this post is a few days old now. Sorry, shitty internet connection to blame this time. Ravenna. Mosaics. Snap. I thought I about playing a drinking game where I'd drink a
Otranto Puglia We're in Ravenna now but I'll deal with that another time. The last few days have largely been spent down in Puglia - the 'heel' of Italy. To explore the area we based
Matera Again, this post is now a few days old. Mostly my photographer's fault - if she wasn't so good she'd probably get the sack. Yesterday we were up early and out to the
Palermo Marionettes and other bits I actually wrote this a few days ago - sorry, been busy You don't write anymore... I know, I know, so sorry to keep you waiting. The truth is we have been taking
Palermo Palermo Days One can't help but love Palermo. It changes - almost completely - from street to street. You go from really run down places to really up market places in the turn of a
Palermo Onwards to Palermo Greetings from Palermo. Today I saw a man I believe had Down's Syndrome wearing a T-Shirt that said 'go fuck yourself'. It reminded me of the time I saw a 70-year-old Yorkshire woman
Costa Saracena - Castelluccio Sicily's South East I write this sitting on the balcony of our apartment for our last night of our first stop on the long way home. I'm looking out across the water at the sun setting
Ragusa Thursday was a bit of a highlight so far. We (Ariane, Mum, Angus, Kirst and I) drove down to Ragusa for the day. The town itself is really beautiful. Again, built into a
Taormina A Birthday and Taormina Yesterday was Angus' birthday which basically meant a heady mix of food and booze interspersed with the occasional dip in the sea and a rowdy few bombs in the pool which was cut
Catania Catania, Noto and Syracuse The last couple of days have just been a combination of slow easy days around the apartment and exploring a few near-by towns. I'm losing track of what day it is now (which
Email Subscription I've set up a Tiny Letter account so I can balk send notifications of new blog posts. Apparently checking a blog is too much hard work for some of you... You can sign
Piazza Armerina African Storms 2: Armaggedon! Ignoring every weather report we could find, we headed out today in search of some Roman Mosaics. As we set off on our hour and a half long journey it was spitting but
Costa Saracena - Castelluccio African Storms Got into bed and collapsed last night, as expected. Still a restless night though - it would seem the brain hasn't quite caught up with being on holiday yet and it's been a
London Day 1 Day one of our journey was a bloody long one. It went something like this: 2:30 - Alarm goes off. 3:00 - Taxi arrives. 4:30 - Arrive at Airport. 5:
London Goodbye London Our bags are packed, our gear is on a boat heading towards Melbourne. We've quit our jobs and handed back the keys to our house. There's no turning back now, this thing is
Music Cheer up London With funemployment imminent, the Slaves have been on heavy rotation for my commute.
London Restaurants in London I just wrote a big long list of restaurant recommendations for a friend and colleague who wanted to go somewhere for a special occasion. Writing the list was a real reminder that I'm
First post On the Road Again Does anyone ever read first posts? Unlikely. Whatever the case, Ariane and I have been away from Australia since December 2010. For the last four years we've been living in North London. ...and
