Although Ancient Rome was around well before the arrival of Christianity, the word “Vatican” was used even then to describe the area that is now The Vatican City (officially the State of Vatican City). The most obvious thing that people know about the Vatican City is that it is the home of the Pope and […]
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When in Rome…
As the gloomy British winter looms outside, I can’t help but dream about one of the best cities I’ve ever visited: Rome. I went to Rome in Summer 2015 with my favourite human in the would: my mummy! Neither of us had ever been to Italy before but always wanted to and as I […]
Interrailing: Florence and Pisa
My love for Italy continues. My blog begins like a dramatic action movie. 3 girls on a mission to get from Venice to Florence. The scene starts at 7.30am waiting at the wrong water bus stop. A man approaches. He tells us to go on the other side where we can already see the boat […]
Interrailing: Venice (Top 10)
I’m in love with Italy. I think I have been for a while now although the first time I went to Italy was earlier this summer. I love the food, the people, the climate, the buildings and after this trip, I really love the ease of a country being in the euro! I’m amazed we’ve […]
Interrailing: Pula
As I mentioned in my last blog post, we’ve had a very few stressful days and our time in Pula had to be cut a lot shorter. In reality, we just about had an evening and then a day! We arrived tired and miserable but luckily Pula is a very pretty little Croatian town. We […]
Interrailing: Zagreb and Ljubljana
Yeah, I know what you may be thinking and no, we didn’t plan on going to neither Zagreb nor Ljubljana. This is going to be quite a brief blog post but it’s more to keep my family up to date on what I’m doing. The original plan was to leave Budapest on the evening of […]
Interrailing: Budapest
I’ll be honest, I was really looking forward to Budapest and I’m now leaving feeling a bit disappointed. Not because I didn’t like the city, but I feel a series of unfortunate events has occurred. As you know, I’ve spent the last three weeks with three of my best friends from school but in Budapest […]
Interrailing: Vienna
Austria, the country where Mozart lived, The Sound Of Music was filmed and where we visited for the next part of our trip. Our stay in Vienna has been quite short as we arrived quite late on the first day and left really eary on the last day, so really, we’ve just had two full […]
Interrailing: Prague
City 6/12: Prague. After edgy Berlin I was very excited to go to Prague and dress in pretty clothes and still fit in. I’d seen pictures of friends in Prague but really, I didn’t know a thing about the Czech Republic other than the fact it used to be called Czechoslovakia. So these last few […]
Interrailing: Berlin (Top 10)
A famous man once said “he who controls Berlin, controls Europe”. Sadly I can’t remember who said it or when it was said but after visiting Germany’s capital city and learning its history I can understand why. Although Berlin is now a very vibrant city with a lot going on, it also has a very […]