Great Places To Visit.

Recently spent a couple of days in Canberra playing tourist.  The place that impressed me the most was the War Memorial. For starters it's the only place in Australia I reckon that doesn't charge you to go in, but does have donation boxes for you to place something in if you wish.  They also have free guided tours, which I highly recommend.  These are run by volunteers who happily escort you through the main areas and attractions with detailed information and history on what you are currently looking at.  Found their knowledge extensive and very interesting.  The little cafe within the memorial is also a great idea, as we spent 3 hours (including our tour) wandering about looking at everything and were definitely in need of a coffee! The flight up from Melbourne was lovely and couldn't resist a couple of snaps with the phone out the window.  In fact I used the iphone for all my photos, it's so much easier to carry than the DSLR! Highly recommend a visit...

We recently had our first holiday in Europe. Rome was our first port of call. We spent a few days in Roma and naturally did the touristy things like St. Peters Square, The Vatican Museums,  and The Colosseum, Here are a few pics I took of busy Rome.  WARNING: Do NOT repeat NOT try to drive in Rome.....they are very polite...but...very crazy drivers. Having said that I did not see one accident.  We used the trains and the hop-on, hop-off buses. The buses were great, we enjoyed sitting back and enjoying the view for the first round, highlighting our map for spots where we wanted a closer look. Round 2 we jumped off at our highlights and investigated further. When finished hopped back on and went to the next highlight. HINT: Buy your tickets directly from the buses, it's a little bit cheaper than the tourist outlets. Here's our highlights of Rome....enjoy.