By Pippa On Monday July 16th we went on a golden circle tour around Iceland. The first stop on our tour was a crater lake. The crater was created when a magma chamber under the ground emptied out and collapsed in on itself. Now there's a beautiful blue lake in the middle of the crater. …
Paris Part 2: The Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower
By Pippa Since we were only in Paris for three days we tried to cram in as much stuff as possible, which is our usual plan for these situations. After the Louvre we went to see the Notre Dame church. There was much groaning and mumbling on the walk there, considering we had just spent …
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Crete!
On Monday the 21st of May we arrived in Crete. Crete! You know, King Minos, the minotaur and the Labyrinth. Crete was nothing like I expected. I'm not sure what exactly I was expecting, but I wasn't expecting a dry, desert-ey place. Anyways. I really like where we are staying cause it's in the old …
Ostia Antica
By Pippa On Friday the eleventh of May we went to Ostia Antica! It was really cool because some of the old buildings still had several storeys and you could walk up the stairs and look out over the city. That may not sound all that exciting, but you must remember these buildings are 2000 …
Roviano and me
by Neil We have been in Roviano for about a month now and it is proving to be quite the interesting experience. The most common reaction we get from Italians we meet who don't live here is "Roviano?" "Why Roviano?" Good question, difficult to answer. The decision to stay here was based on wifi availability, …
Le Colisée, les Palitin Hills et le Forum Romain!
Par Pippa Jeudi le 26 avril ont est aller à Rome pour un tour du Colisée! Nous avons arrivé a Rome just avant le dîner, alors ont est aller au Spanish steps et le Panthéon. Le dîner a consister du pasta et des calzones. Pour ceux qui ne savez pas c'est quoi un "calzone", ce …
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Hiking to Anticoli Corrado
by Neil Living in Roviano is wonderful. Perched here up on the mountain side you get an amazing view of the valley, being able to see for miles in many directions. It also piques your curiosity as to what the places are that you can see around you and, more importantly, how do I get …
Hanoi revisited
by Neil I was going to call this post Hanoi hangover, but that might have given the wrong impression, although Hanoi has been hanging over me for the past couple of weeks or so. After leaving Vietnam, I having been feeling like I haven't done it justice in my posts, so it's time to do …
Ha Long Bay
by Rachel Visiting Ha Long Bay yesterday was our one foray out of Hanoi and what a great day it was! The 2.5-3 hour drive each way made for a long day, but the weather was perfect for a boat ride and the bay was beautiful. According to our guide, Vietnamese legend says that the …
Singapore Interlude
by Neil We arrived in Singapore on March 29th and entered a world I could never have imagined. Nothing anyone could have told me would have prepared me for this experience. Singapore is Wow, just Wow. It is hard to find an appropriate adjective, but take your pick; exotic, energetic, diverse, world class, world leader, …
A year of discovery 