Easter in Dubrovnik

We arrived in Dubrovnik bright and early on Easter Sunday, just off the overnight ferry from Italy. Our hostel was wonderful and we had a big Easter feast (and some easter eggs!) to celebrate. Missed our hot cross buns! Dubrovnik was incredibly beautiful and although the weather was hit and miss, we enjoyed one gorgeous sunny day walking the old castle walls and having a beer (or two!) at the cliffside bar.

Rrrrrroma! (part two) & more Italy...

After our first stay in Rome we took the train to Sorrento for a few nights & spent a day exploring Pompeii. On our return to Rome we visited the Colosseum & the Roman Forum. Italy preserves its history so wonderfully and it is mindblowing to be able to walk around such ancient constructions. At Pompeii

Favourite Photo Series: Vatican City

Sometimes accidentally overexposing an image can look quite cool...
I especially love how guy in the bottom corner snuck in there :)

Sick days...

I've been quite slack this week with posting, but Jon's been sick in bed for a few days so not much is happening around these parts. I still have some pics from Rome to upload but I'm running out of space on the ipad, so I have to wait til we are back in London later this week to sort something out :)
In the meantime, here is a mish-mash collection of snaps for you...


Oh hello there, awesome little Meerkat statues...


Happy St Pats Day! Celebrating in Barcelona


Cafe hopping in Zagreb


A rainy day in Dubrovnik


Overnight ferry from Italy to Croatia


Oh Fonzies, so much like Twisties, I think you and I will get along juuust fine!


Sick boy


Thong tan, just ridiculous


Pistacio icecream mmmmm


Sunnies tan, keep on coming beautiful weather


Oh hello little tiger, are you joining us for lunch?

Country 'rules' and good old Aussie character...

{it would all be "beer & skittles" if everyone followed these dorm room rules}

Before we arrive in a new country, we have a quick search on the internet to find out the tipping practices and any cultural 'rules' we should be aware of (I highly recommend doing this so you don't end up being unknowingly rude at a cafe in Portugal)

I was thinking to other day what are common etiquette practices in Australia and had a bit of a laugh over what I found. (You can click on the link to read the full article). Here are two of my favourites :

{info below sourced from http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/mgo-g255055-s606?rev=67}

"Australian service is often more casual than in many countries, even in expensive restaurants and hotels. You will very rarely get fawning service in Australia - in keeping with Australia's relaxed national character that usually seeks to treat everyone as equals. However, if you have received rude or incompetent service, you should complain, politely, or do what Australians tend to do (given that Australians also generally don't like to cause a fuss) and just never go back to that establishment again."

"People using ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) expect you to stand up to one to two metres behind them and not in direct line of sight with their screen. Australians always form a line (called a "queue", pronounced "cue") at a teller in a bank, when waiting for service at a counter-service cafe or anywhere else. Australians frown on people who push into a line and will express their displeasure if they feel that someone is pushing in."

Oh how I miss queues! Or just general orderly lines! I'll take anything over fight-to-the-death-for-a-metro-ticket.

I love Australia.

Rrrrrroma! (part one)

Spanish steps


Pantheon


Trevi fountain


St Peter's basilica


Vatican City


Swiss Guard


Overlooking the city




Vatican Museum





Whew! Wine time!

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou?

We spent a day exploring Verona, and stumbled across Casa di Giulietta - Juliet's house! A shrine to the famous love story, (and everyone else's personal love story by the looks of it) it attracts hordes of tourists who scrawl on the walls, seal their love by adding a padlock to the fence or to search for their own Romeo from "the" balcony. Oh and also to stick chewing gum on the walls??










Something you haven't told us Luca??