Summary

Thursday 02-Oct-08: Left Wellington, discovered my eftpos card no longer worked, panicked and was saved by Bill. Flew from Auckland to Singapore. Singapore Airlines have TV and movies on demand - watched ridiculous amounts

Friday 03-Oct-08: Left Singapore, discovered how huge and weird the airport is. Flew to Rome, was sick on the plane, were driven to our hotel.

Saturday 04-Oct-08: Sightseeing Tour of the Vatican, had to chase a guide to the bus, got dropped off in the freezing rain had to find our way back to our hotel.

Sunday 05-Oct-08: Caught the train to Civitavecchia, managed to get it free. Got on the boat, was confined to my room in case I had the Norovirus.

Monday 06-Oct-08: Drove though Naples to Pompeii, saw ruins.

Wednesday 08-Oct-08: Athens; saw acropolis, shops, were fed and watched dancing.

Friday 10-Oct-08: Istanbul had our best day seeing Annie, ate and went to the Blue Mosque. We had rough seas from here till we left Egypt.

Saturday 11-Oct-08: The sea was too rough to land at Mykonos.

Monday 13-Oct-08: Had an extremely long day trip to dirty Cairo, saw Pyramids, Sphinx and Museum. Had been considering going to markets in Alexandria the next day but decided to not.

17-Oct-08 Friday: Sadly left our boat. Trained back to Rome, went back to our hotel. Saw the Roman Forum, the Colosseum and St Peters (of the chains) Basilica.

18-Oct-08 Saturday: Day trip to Florence. Saw the David, saw a Ucello, saw Massaccio's Trinity.

Sunday 19-Oct-08: Left Rome.

Monday 20-Oct-08: Left Singapore to head home after 14 hours there. Saw a beautiful movie at the airport called August Rush, cried then rushed to plane.

Tuesday 21-Oct-08: Finally got back to NZ, flew Auckland to Wellington and had our bag stolen - got home after two days traveling.