Melbourne to Florence

Goodbye Melbourne - despite chaotic last minute shopping and packing, we are finally on our way (even if Scott wasn't happy with what he "over" packed).

You would have thought our long flight (14hrs) would have been unbearable considering we were on a flying childcare centre, but meg managed to escape the stresses by enjoying a chair with all the leg space in the world (Scott was not as lucky).

We arrived in Doha just after 3am to the inconsiderate temperature of 34° - embrace the sweat is our new mantra

Despite his "overpacking", Scott thought he would take advantage of some good deals and bought a new watch in Doha.

Our next stopover in Vienna was slightly chaotic, it took us over 45mins to get to the guy at passport control, who almost certainly was having a bit of a laugh asking questions we clearly didn't know the answer to. Luckily we made our final flight to the heat in Florence.Read more