What on earth did the average Roman do for entertainment without a plethora of online options and opportunities? I mean, how did social life progress without a status update? Surely they must have been bored toga-less without a screen to swipe, tap or scroll. What did they do for fun!? I’ll tell you what they... Continue Reading →

Fear not, I shall not break into a poor attempt at a Britney Spears song, however we did have yet another negative effect on some local attractions. Why do we have this effect on our surroundings, I ask myself with some vexation!? A day of freestylin’, that’s what we need. Just some freestyle roaming, without... Continue Reading →

Sometimes we can be in the presence of greatness and not even know it. Today I discovered, that for all these months, I’ve been travelling with a couple of celebrities and hadn't even realised. I shall now feel honoured. Another glorious sunny morning greeted us in Rome, as we set off for another day of... Continue Reading →

This will be a shortish post today, because I think the pictures can tell the story better than me. Decisions, decisions, what to do first and where to go? In the end, we took the advice of the experts and followed travel writer, Rick Steves’ suggestion of the “Caesar Shuffle”. This would see us walking... Continue Reading →

I know, I am far, far, far from having anything in common with Audrey Hepburn, sadly, and I don’t know that Steve could ever be compared to a young Gregory Peck, but we’ll be happy to share one thing with these two timeless stars - a Roman Holiday! The Big City was today’s destination and after... Continue Reading →

Wednesday, October 28 It was another day for Ira and Big Blue to take one for the team. The rain came down, we zipped into our slicks, I made use of yet another complimentary, disposable, shower cap from the hotel, to make a waterproof bike seat cover and we set off into the wet. It... Continue Reading →

Yep, some of the things we’ve been experiencing lately, continued to appear today…they just kept comin’! First were the hills. They kept on comin’! We went up and up and up again today. Long climbs, not mega steep, but long and constant. The gears got a workout on the uphill and the brakes got an... Continue Reading →

Today was a day to explore the city on the cliff, Orvieto. The funicular won the vote, so we walked down our hill to the station and caught the little cable car up the cliff face to the town centre. It’s quite an amazing place, this medieval city, sitting high above the surrounding valley. The... Continue Reading →

We put the clocks back an hour last night, so Daylight Savings is over and the days will draw in faster than ever now. We did at least get a warm up this morning I suppose. It was a very cold morning, but at least we got to warm up the muscles for 3km before... Continue Reading →

With not a great deal worth reporting today, for my own entertainment I have put today’s blog post into verse. Here goes…   Two tourists from Tassie went pedalling On a morn’ of Saturday When they saw a grand sight ’Twas the sun shining bright And they shouted “Hip, hip, hip hooray!”   The road... Continue Reading →