From Ljubljana to Rome by gondola

First things first, apologies for the lack of capers and high jinks from the two of us in the last couple of days. Seeing how much coverage the election is getting we decided to mimic current events and leave you all with no real sense of what's going on, with neither of us in charge, and waited for someone more important than us to invite us to form a blog. We've taken texts from Rob's Dad as such a mandate and have decided to fill you in on our news. Enough preamble.

Ljubljana was fantastic, a gorgeous city, and we spent the day walking around and up to the castle. It's a pretty small city so there wasn't masses to do but it made for a nice day. The nights sleep gave us plenty to talk about though, with a 'character' of an old guy bringing everyone glasses of water and just talking ...endlessly, for hours, out loud, to no one. That combined with the couple who wore matching black courdroy flares and bowler hats gave our room a diverse clientele.

Monday morning we hopped on a train to Venice, and despite the rain, the city was just as amazing as every postcard you've ever seen of the place. We got pizza and generally admired the city before the rain beat us into heading back to the campsite we were staying on (in a mini cabin type thing). Now all in the name of cultural exploration and broadening horizons we frequented the bar for a non alcoholic beverage. We were then led astray by a big tour group of Australians and Canadians who were on a whirlwind tour of our fair continent. Apparently not only do Rob and I sound Australian and/or American, but an English accent consists of shouting 'we're from Laandan'. Good good night though.

As Rob has never been to Rome before I'll let him talk about the short time we've had here. Hope everyone is well back hone
Ollie x

So. Rome. A city where if you photographed every ancient architectural wonder you'd stop every 10 paces. I can't sum up how incredible the city is. We saw the Vatican, the Colloseum, the Trevi fountain and several other less well known places. What struck me is that its also not ridiculously expensive, so if you haven't been and are looking for somewhere to travel to, visit Rome!

In other news I'd like to proudly mention that I'm somewhere in the region of 150quid under budget. Boom. Also me and Ollie have settled into good routines which largely involve him cooking and washing and me... eating and lying in bed. In other words, Ollie has effectively become my Mum.

Anyway, tomorrow we catch the 8:22 train on our way to Verona. Anyone want a postcard?
Rob x