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- Sep 17, 2018, 6:00am
- 🌙 0 °C
- Altitude: 643 m
- Australia New South Wales Bathurst Regional Eglinton -33.38178, 149.5476433°22’54” S 149°32’52” E
Bathurst, Australia
September 17, 2018 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
We're coming, Moo ......and so are the Cambeys!
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- Sep 18, 2018, 4:00pm
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 44 m
- Italy Latium Rome Trevi Piazza del Viminale 41.89725, 12.4954341°53’50” N 12°29’44” E
Day 1
Arrival
September 18, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
After 27hrs travel we are here. A suprise visit from Moo was the start to an amazing 1st day ....as was the view at the end of our street! We moved from our hotel room to our airbnb and met Maria (ahhhh Maria I hear Cambey sigh). Our apartment is AMAZING. Windows open directly onto a busy, bustling street full of tourists, gelato shops and a souvenir shop - perfect spot for people watching. We all jumped on a hop-on-hop-off bus for 2 tours around Rome, Molly went back to the circus and we wandered tbe streets at night ...and stumbled upon the Trevi fountain.Read more
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- Sep 19, 2018, 9:47pm
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 49 m
- Italy Latium Rome Trevi Piazza del Viminale 41.8974, 12.4952141°53’51” N 12°29’43” E
Day 2
Plans interrupted by the Pope!
September 19, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We got up at 5.50am to catch a train to Vatican City see the Sistine Chapel (which really paid off as we were practically alone in there) and then walked around to the Basillica....but the Pope was talking so the Basillica was closed - we'll have to come back. A quick trip to throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain (we WILL come back), a rest on the Spanish Steps before dinner at the lit up Colosseum with Cambey and Molly.Read more
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- Sep 20, 2018, 7:00am
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 44 m
- Italy Latium Rome Trevi Piazza del Viminale 41.89733, 12.4951641°53’50” N 12°29’43” E
Day 3
Pompeii
September 20, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Up early for a day trip to Pompei... what an amazing place. After a very, very hot day we popped in to Brewdog for a quick beer - and left 4 beers later, before weaving our way around the lit up Colosseum on our way home #gottaloveRomeRead more
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- Sep 21, 2018, 9:00am
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 44 m
- Italy Latium Rome Trevi Piazza del Viminale 41.89717, 12.4953241°53’50” N 12°29’43” E
Day 4
Colosseum
September 21, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
What a day....Colosseum, Cat Sanctuary and Roman forum (via a short 4km get lost detour). The Colosseum was incredible - a childhood dream come true. We clocked up 22 000 steps! While I patted cats, in a sanctuary on the site of Julius Ceasears murder, Matt stumbled upon an old water tank which turned out to be the Pantheon - Wow!!! Went home to cook pasta...what we thought was tomato passito turned out to be chilli jam. A quick trip across the road to cool our mouths with a gelato.🍦Read more
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- Sep 22, 2018, 6:17pm
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 40 m
- Italy Latium Rome Trevi Piazza del Viminale 41.89705, 12.4950941°53’49” N 12°29’42” E
Day 5
Buns of steel!
September 22, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Up at 5.30am to see the Basillica - walked up all 532 steps to the top (no elevator for us) and back down again. Then caught a train to visit Molly's circus family in Lido di Ostia (beach resort town of Rome) and convince them that she really is coming home with us - they want her to stay! We walked the 2km to the Mediteranian and went for a paddle before training it back to Rome. Finished the day (after a 3hr rest) taking a stroll around the old part of Rome drinking Roscitto in a plastic wine glass (with a bit of nun spotting thrown in) while Matt and Mat went Irish pub-crawling...all arriving at our HUGE front door at the same time.Read more
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- Sep 23, 2018, 6:22pm
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 49 m
- Italy Latium Rome Trevi Piazza del Viminale 41.89743, 12.4952741°53’51” N 12°29’43” E
Day 6
A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever
September 23, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Started with a sleep in....8am! Matt went to find ANOTHER church then we met up and visited the Non Catholic cemetry - resting place of Keats and Shelley (and a pyramid circa 14BC). A delicious lunch at a small Ristorante in an out of the way part of the city, then a slow wander home for a siesta before heading out for our last night in Roma - Matt managed to find yet one more basillica!Read more
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- Sep 24, 2018
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Italy Tuscany Florence Giardino Di Valfonda 43.77745, 11.2507443°46’39” N 11°15’3” E
Day 7
Arrivederci Roma..... Ciao Firenze
September 24, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Took my last look out the window at Kebab man and Junkshop man before leaving Roma and catching the fast train to Florence....met Molly at the station with a VERY big bag - lucky Papa is a big strong man! Strolled around and had our 1st aperole spritz (after which, Di wanted to go on a crub prawl) then enjoyed pasta looking out over the Duomo for Cambey's birthday (Cambey thought Molly's pants showed too much leg and helped her "fix" them before going out). Due or tre wines later and we all hit the sack ....at a cool 21° - lovely!Read more
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- Sep 25, 2018, 7:26pm
- 🌬 18 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Italy Tuscany Florence Giardino Di Valfonda 43.77743, 11.2508243°46’39” N 11°15’3” E
Day 8
Florence
September 25, 2018 in Italy ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Caught the " Hop on hop off" bus to get our bearings around town and learn a little of the history. Went up into a hillside town with an incredible view over the city, then enjoyed a leisurely stroll around the Boboli gardens before walking across the medieval bridge of Ponte Vecchio where Molly drooled over the jewelry shops and designer labels...Prada? Who is Prada? A quick drink at Brewdog on the way home ......where Matt cooked a delicious pasta pesto!Read more
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- Sep 26, 2018
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 51 m
- Italy Tuscany Florence Firenze Santa Maria Novella Railway Station 43.77679, 11.247343°46’36” N 11°14’50” E
Day 9
Siena
September 26, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Off to see Siena. Caught a bus from the local bus stop and drove thru the Tuscan hills for an hour and a half before arriving at the bottom of a walled citadel - with a huge local market which runs each Wednesday....Molly was VERY excited....Matt not so much😁. We then wandered thru medievil streets looking for the "Zebra Church". Matt paid to go in while Molly and I thought a gelato and cafe shot a much better use of our money. Caught a bus home (feeling like locals) then while Molly scrubbed and tanned, Matt and I wandered the lit up streets of Florence and "happened" to pass Brewdog - 3 very nice IPAs later we staggered home to rest up for our trip to Pisa tomorrow.Read more
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