Today was a very sloooooow daaaaaaaay. I woke up with a slightly less-than-optimal feeling in the tum, and we had no fixed plans for the day, so we took things as they came, and generally didn’t move far from the hotel.
Bali Day 3
It’s lovely to see the Balinese people placing offerings out to the gods every day, even though a lot of them are trodden on by tourists (not me I promise!) picked at by the chooks and dogs, and swept up at the end of the day and put in the rubbish. Maybe they’ve got the right idea – almost every Balinese person I’ve met has been smiling and happy. I’m not so naïve to think that this hasn’t got anything to do with the tourist dollar, but even so, the people seem genuinely happy to show us their beautiful island.
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Bali – Day 2
Today we spent the day riding various quadrupeds, organised, ironically, by A True Balinese Experience. Ironically, because neither of the animals were actually indigenous to Bali!
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Bali – Day 1
These holidays we’re away for less than a week! At least it’s close – Bali is only a 3 1/2 hour flight away, and so far it’s lovely. I can understand why so many people come here!
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Singapore
K and I decided to hit Singapore as a girl’s trip during the Christmas holidays. Singapore was a bit of an eye-opener. I’ve never travelled in Asia before, so it was great to have such a different experience. As far as culture clash goes, it was pretty easy to acclimatise – everyone speaks English, the money is similar to Australia. The humidity however, was difficult to deal with! Even coming from the heat of a Perth January, it was sticky and exhausting. And rainy! The plants were amazing though – lush and bright.
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Rome day 4
Goodbye Roma!
I took a quick run out to the closest souvenir shop before we had to check out, as I’d not got nearly enough pressies for everyone at home, and within 10 mins had dropped 80E on souvenirs. Yay!
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Rome Day 3 – part 2
After sending T off to catch her train we decided to try one of the places in the GF book for dinner. We chose a restaurant that wasn’t listed as needed advance reservations, and had GF pasta. It was a bit of a walk away, so we caught a taxi to La Rosetta, a little boutique restaurant right near the Pantheon (I could see it from my table if I leaned a bit).
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Rome Day 3
Today we decided to do some ancient works – the Colosseum and my personal favourite, the Colossus of Constantine. I’ve thought he was pretty fab since doing Roman Art & Architecture at uni, and couldn’t wait to see him.
So, off to the C0losseum (thanks go to Vespasian and Titus!). Of course, it was fantastic. It looks just like all the pics you’ve ever seen, and is pretty full of tourists. We’ve had a pretty easy run on queues this trip – everyone’s warned us about how long you have to wait if you don’t book ahead or pay extra for the guided tour – but the longest queue was the Uffezi in Florence at one hour. Everywhere else has been 10 mins at the most! And at least the queue at the big C was a moving queue!
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Rome day 2
Hello Vatican City!
I’m not quite sure where the borders are, but we went in, did the requisite stuff and came back to Rome again.
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rome day 1
It was goodbye to Naples this morning after a fabulous pizza dinner at Il Cerasiello last night (found it on the DS Pizza Point webpage, a place of much rejoicing for eaters of gluten free pizza!) The pizza dough was soft and tasty, without being hard or overly crunchy. Not quite as good taste-wise as Il Piazetta, but much better on the texture side.
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Two Weeks Away 