Roma, Italia

Ok so I've been back home now for a good ten days, but I never made a post about my adventures in Rome. It feels like an eternity since I was there though. I can tell you that the weather was scorching and that gelati was never more than a footstep away (thank god.) The underground in Rome is nothing compared to London and Paris. Basically you have line A and line B. Everyone seems to zoom around on a scooter. Or jammed onto a bus. Here's a stack of pictures that will tell you everything, seeing as they speak a thousand words.

I don't know why they bother standing like this in the heat, just for a couple of Euros.

Your standard carpark.

Just part of the line to the Vatican Museum.





Entirely carved from wood!















The Trevi Fountain.









The ancient Coloseum which looks much bigger on TV.

We Getting Down With Everyone We Meet

Oh sweet Paris. Over three days, we've managed to see practically all the major attractions here that one must see. We visited the Musee du Louvre to see Mona Lisa, the Musee d'Orsay to admire Monet and Van Gough, walked down the Champs-Elysees (obviously not the entire road) and conquered Montmartre where the cathedral sits on top. The most exhuasting sites which we visited were Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe and of course the Eiffel Tower, all of which required strenuous stair climbing. I'm not complaining though, because the views at the top of all these were amazing. Being the summer season, there were huge crowds wherever we went, but luckily the longest we had to wait was 40 minutes, to climb the towers of Notre Dame. We completed our sightseeing with a day trip to the Chateau de Versailles. The Palace is bigger than anyone could ever imagine and the gardens or should I say parklands, were amazing.

This is how to park your car in Paris.

The Palace Versailles

Notre Dame

Madame Tussauds

This was probably one of my favourites parts of London. Not necessarily because the wax models were so lifelike, just because it was a lot of fun. After a while, every person who was standing still started to look like another statue which nearly resulted in some embarrassing situations. We saw the new Marvel 4D Experience (4D = water comes spraying out of the back of the seat in front of you). The highlight for me was the Scream exhibition where I walked through a blood splattered maze with scary people jumping out at me. It sounds lame but it was absolutely terrifying. The good kind of terrifying.

Obama, along with MJ and the Queen have designated photographers trying to make you buy their shots.

Disappointingly not that realistic.

Kings and Queens

Our day around Edinburgh was quite the adventure. We visited Holyrood Park & Palace, Parliament House, walked down Princes Street, hiked up to Edinburgh Castle and finished the day with a 3D film about the Loch Ness Monster (which we all know is real). An East Coast train took us down to London where we got ourselves Oyster Cards and conquered the Metro to our apartment. Our first day in London was almost entirely on foot as we proudly shunned every tour bus operator that approached us. We saw all the big sites as one does - Buckingham Palace, West Minster Abbey, Big Ben, etc, etc. My favourite part of the day was visiting the Coven Garden Markets where there were people selling all sorts of quirky little homemade creations. Day 2 in London was when we made our first big mistake. Taking the metro during peak hour. We then switched to the railway to spend the day in Cambridge where I bought myself a universtiy jumper (the only thing I had been looking forward to). Overall it was a super exhuasting day, but it's these sorts of things that you have just got to embrace.

Just a small part of Edinburgh Castle.

Buckingham Palace.

A street performer in Covent Garden Markets. (I gave him money and he shook my hand and patted my head...then blew a raspberry in my face)

The Land of the Scots

It really feels like we're on The Amazing Race. We spent 2 nights in Glasgow, 1 night in Fort William and now are now finishing our travels around Scotland with 2 nights in Edinburgh. So in my opinion, Glasgow was a lot like Brisbane, but the buildings were older and you can set the temperature in the shower. On the way to Fort William we drove through the Scottish Highlands (listening to Bieber) which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was oh so pretty. We stopped at Loch Lomond to compensate for not having enough time to head to Loch Ness and got some happy snaps. On our drive to Edinburgh today we ventured through Stirling Castle where Queen Mary got married (thats what my mum says). Tomorrow will be a day to embrace Edinburgh and see what this city has to offer before heading to London :)

Streets of Glasgow.

Pit stop through the Highlands.