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. . . when I say some, I mean us! There was helpfully a train strike in Italy on Friday, unfortunately the very day we were headed for Venice - Fortunately the Strike ended at 5 in the evening so it wasn't too late to get here. Since the last update we have been to Florence where we saw Michalangelo's David, the Duomo and had a walk along the Arno River. We also enjoyed a lazy day at the campsite in Tuscany which mostly consisted of slothing about for the day eating ice cream and sitting in the sun.

Venice is splendid and the weather has been awesome none stop sunshine the whole time we have been in Italy - touch wood! We'll stick some more photos up at the next place with any luck - they have free internet!We're heading to Slovenia (ljubljana) for a couple of nights so will try and fit in some more updates then! Hope everyones well! Ciao!

Today we went bird spotting at RSPB Rye Meads nature reserve. The weather was great again with blue skies and sunshine, but despite the nice weather it was fairly quiet. There are a number of hides dotted around each focussing on different types of birds, but the real highlight had to be the kingfisher. We saw at least two, possibly 3 different kingfishers and took a few photos but I could have done with a longer lens. There was a guy in the kingfisher hide rocking a massive camera lens that I think must have cost thousands. The end of the lens was the size of a dinner plate and it was more than 2 feet long! I suspect his king fisher pictures were probably epic, but nevermind. The kingfishers then seemed to hide as there were a couple of heron stalking around. The RSPB lady in the hide was telling some other people that the eels have found a nifty way to escape being eaten if caught by the heron. They wrap themselves around their beak so they can't be eaten until the heron gives up and lets them go. 

Took a final few photos of the blue tits back by the entrance before heading back. It was a great day out and definitely worth a visit if you're ever in the area.

OK so we didn't quite meet him, but we went to mass with him on Easter Sunday and he waved to us . . . and the other thousands of people all there to say hello.

          

We've had quite a busy week all in all, we made it to Pompeii (there are some pictures under big adventures on the right), and then travelled back up to Rome which is where we have spent the last few days. We've seen lots of sights including the Colusseum and Vatican City although the real highlight had to be seeing the pope on Easter Sunday. We travel again tomorow this time to Florence where we'll be spending a few days visiting Florence and the surrounding area. I think we're at a camp site for this one which should be interesting. Unfortunately my time is about up on the internet so going to have to cut this short.

Hope everyone else had a fantastic Easter, I'll try and get some descriptions up of the pictures soon (thanks Jim for pointing that out), and tell you a bit more next time, until then . . . ciao!