More Italy and now back in France

Ok so first of all I have to say thanks for all the texts, but I'm ok. I was on that metro line 1 in rome all the time a couple of weeks ago, but am nowhere near there now.

Secondly, I'm typing in a german computer in a hostel in Nice so you'll have to excuse the odd punctuation again.

Thirdly I have to say sorry, but there will be no photos at the moment still cause this connection is way too slow so Ill try again tomorrow.

So after the last post I went to Perugia in Umbria which I have to say was the most 'fairy tale' place I have ever been. Its the second largest producer of chocolate outside Belgium - yum! Its a little hill town that dates back to the Etruscan times (like 500 bc) and still has arches and aqueducts that are this old. Its incredible and I can't wait to post some photos. It was a much needed break after the cities I've been doing so far. My hostel was 1350 years old and had real frescoes on the ceilings and my room overlooked endless Umbrian hills and villas with vineyards.

From there I went to Florence and saw all the Michelangelo and Leonardo artworks, etc. I stayed in a camping place on a hill 10 minutes to Central Florence in an olive grove. The view there was amazing too. I wasn't quite as impressed with Florence as I thought I would be though. Still, I have some great photos.

Then I went to the Cinque Terra which is 5 towns on the Italian coast on the Mediteranean. You can do a walk along all of them which is supposed to be 5 hours but I managed to do it in 3.5 which gave me enough time to enjoy the last beach before some aweful jellyfish stung me! A nice local family sent their little girl over with a bottle of water and she handed to me and said 'acqua!'. I assumed they had seem my ungraceful exit from the water and assumed I'd been stung. It made me feel better cause I wasn't sure if I should be getting serious help there for a moment! Again, some amazing photos to come. The walk is actually pretty challenging at the end and is so high up it really was great for my fear of heights!

So I travelled all day today and now I'm in an old monastery in the hills of Nice which has been converted to a hostel. Looks great so far too, and its apparently top 10 in the world.

Anyway, must go - I have dinner waiting for me! I'll hopefully get some photos up soon.