florence

Sorry about the last report. We were having to book a car rental to Rome as the rail in Florence has decided to have a 24 hour strike. We were in a queue to pick up some tickets when were heard about it. It was not publisised at all.

Any way back to the trip. We had a great visit to the 5 towns sitting on the cliffs on western <italy . They are known as Cinque Terre . We walked and also took a Ferry and train to get around 4 of the 5 towns. We had a swim in the Med. It is crystal clear.

We have just had dinner at a self help eatery with a wine out of a massive bottle . its our last night before we head off to Rome. We are stopping in a litle town tomorrow called Orvieta which is on the way to rome. we have 2 nights in Rome. we part company from the cuninghams who fly back to Oz, we continue on to France. The weather has been in excess of 30 each day. we keep hearing about the 10 deg days in melb and all the snow. Bad luck. In Florence we have done the various galleries which are predoinantly made up of old works of art from churches, After a while it gets boring. We went to the statue of David today and it was the only standout in the gallery.

Its 9:30pm and we are sitting next to the river in a little shop. We are on the road at 9.00am in the morning and after our venture in driving in Florence we ar not going to drive in rome. we will leave the car at the local airport.

anyway love to you all, we are all well and whilst a bit o the tired side are really enjoying the journey

Bill & Jill