The Armchair Traveller

Waking on our last morning in Paris it was noticeable that all the stair climbing and walking around was starting to take its toll on our energy levels. Once up Rachel and I packed our bags so that we were ready to check out a little later on. Our first outing of the day was to walk to [...]

Well after what felt like the shortest sleep ever it was suddenly Sunday morning and Rachel and I prepared for another day exploring Paris. Today however we had decided to make the journey just outside of Paris to the Chateau de Versailles. Versailles has always been a place of interest for me; I studied it [...]

Here is the recipe for a fantastic three days in Paris… Ingredients: 1 pair of really good walking shoes (there will be lots of walking and stair climbing), 1 list of all the places you want to go, 1 map of Paris, 1 friend to share the experience with (always more fun to have someone [...]

Heading out of the region of Tuscany we are now entering Lazio, and the first stop is Roma “la Città Eterna” (the Eternal City). There is so much to do and see in Rome that I won’t be able to cover it all in one blog posting so I will just talk about some of [...]

Ciao, come sta? Well it has been quite a while since I last updated my blog. I apologise for that to those who look at it reasonably regularly. I guess life got in the way of writing. I have decided to pick up where I left off on the tour around Italy. So, I left [...]

I mentioned in an earlier blog posting that my ethnicity was half Croatian and half Polish. As a child, I attended Polish classes once a week to learn the basics of the language as well as learn more about the culture. One of the things I remember most clearly from those classes was a story [...]