Matt and Lisa's Adventures

17 January 2025 Up early and sadly starting our journey home. Caught the metro and RER to CDG airport. We got there at what seemed like a very early time but it took an age to get through check in, customs and security. Security in particular was horrendous and we ended up in the worst…

13 January 2025 We caught the 7 am train to Paris, luckily we were right next door to the station. We arrived in a very crowded Paris train station and had to work out the metro ticket system again. I would have expected by now that they would have moved beyond paper tickets but apparently…

11 January 2025 Very early start this morning. Alarm was sent for ten to five but as is often the case with an early alarm we didn’t get a good night’s sleep and were awake even earlier. We had a Wizz air flight to Lyon which was very budget but effective. Luggage even came out…

8 January 2025 The hotel breakfast was very nice but I only had two pieces of plain toast, such a shame. Then caught the high speed train to Rome. Always exciting to be going to the eternal city, this will be our third time.  Our hotel was a bit out of the way which led…

6 January 2025 I had a terrible nights sleep and only managed a couple of hours. Lisa got lots of sleep but was still feeling tired and unwell. This therefore made it a very tough day for both of us.  We caught the train from Bologna to Florence, just over half an hour which was…

5 January 2025 It was a bad night for both of us. I tried without any sleeping pills after feeling crappy yesterday but got very little sleep which was frustrating. Lisa had a worse night as she was unwell with tummy issues so she felt terrible and got very little sleep either. Considering Lisa’s state…

3 January 2025 The sleeper train compartment was very tight with two bunk beds and then barely any other space in the room. Lisa had the top bunk but did not get a good sleep as she was worried about having to tell my parents that she had squashed me to death. I had the…