Bhanu on August 20th, 2008

We’re finally getting around to post the final batch of our Italy pics. We stayed in Rome for 3 days and visited the usual highlights, including Vatican City. St. Peter’s Basilica was definitely the highlight for us- truly amazing!
The Roman Forum and other ancient Rome structures are spread within the city like a parallel world [...]

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Bhanu on August 17th, 2008

We left Budapest, Hungary today after staying there for two days. Budapest was good fun, walked around the two cities “Buda” and “Pest” with a local Hungarian guide, who really wanted us all to know each detail about the Hungarian history and the post-communist situation in the country.
We arrived in Vienna at noon today and [...]

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Bhanu on August 13th, 2008

Using the wireless access in our hostel in Slovenia, here are some pics from our last week’s visit to Pisa, Florence and Tuscany.

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Bhanu on August 12th, 2008

Finally got a stable internet connection, so we’re uploading a couple of sets of pictures. In French Riviera we stayed in Nice and travelled to Monaco, Antibes and a few neighbouring towns in the area.
French Riviera pics are here
Cinque Terre villages were awesome. We spent 2 nights and 3 days there.
Cinque Terre pics are here. [...]

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Bhanu on August 11th, 2008

We arrived in Venice this morning from Rome. Rome was quite hectic, so we took a day extra than we’d initially planned for.
Venice seems a lot easier to navigate and we’re trying to stay away from the hundreds of tourists flocking each corner. It hard though. It’s almost like the entire city was designed for [...]

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Bhanu on August 7th, 2008

We left Florence this evening and just landed in Rome a few hours back. The jouney was quite comfortable, thanks to the express train between the two cities. Finding our B&B was quite something, took us a while meandering through the streets, but we’re so glad to be finally here, showered and ready to crash [...]

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Bhanu on August 5th, 2008

Short note, no pics. We left the Cinque Terre villages this morning and are now in Florence, Italy for a few days. All well. A little tired, but looking forward to the rest of the trip.

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Bhanu on August 2nd, 2008


We stayed in Provence, France for a total of three days. Provence is a region of southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Italy. We maintained Arles as our base. Arles is a really quaint town, dating back to the Roman era starting around 2nd century B.C.

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