Paris, Barcelona and Rome !!!!

helloooooo, dean and ash here typing from Rome waiting for overnight train to venice, sorry about the blog being so sparse we just literally havent had the time, so much so that ash's ankles have swelled up with all the walkin we've done hehehe.
first day was v.stressful as we got lost in paris after a whole day of travelling there (never trust google maps EVER !!!!) nightmare !! But ash's super B in French saved the day and we arrived at Hotel Etap a few hours later with only 4 hours to see the louvre and the eiffel tower ahhhhhh !!! wasnt cool but we did it and they were amazing :)
It wasnt so amazing getting up at 4.45am the next day to make the trains to ..... BARCELONA !!

After a long day on altogether 3 trains we arrived 12 hours later at 7pm in Barcelona, found a bargain of a youth hostel for 19 euros a night with air conditioning (YESSSS) !!! we then treated our selves to a groooovy spanish meal which included 3 tapas, paella and the best Sangria ever !! danny called me and dean fishes for drinkin sooo much hehehe
The next day was the chill out day at the beach after we booked the ferry tickets for the following night and of course after a long awaited and beloved Mcdonalds :D The walk to the beach was long and it was just toooo hot and ash burnt her scalp ooooops (now has a hat from Deans Mum and Dad (thanks :D)) The beach was immense and the sea was awesome, but we had to watch out for theives errrrr !!
The next day we went to see Goudi's buildings (a church that is still being built after 100 years (bloody hell) it was gorgeous but we didnt have time to queue up and it was far tooo hot to wait in the sun :(
next stop was a 19 hour ferry ride to Civitaveccia just north of Rome where Deans parents were eagerly awaiting our arrival, Bless :) we met a nice guy called harry who was from birmingham so that was cool and the ferry was so coool too as it had a pool, casino, games room and loads more :D however ash got her towel robbed by (we think) some people that were sleepin next to our luggage rail (dirty hobos)
the next night we arrived in Italy with a little touch of home stayin on the boat it was nice :)
went to vatican city the day after and went in to the basilica and the sistene chapel, ash had to where pants all day (rules) even though it was 44°C !!! the building were both really nice and the statues were awesome, but didnt know that the past popes are in glass coffins in there, that was a bit weird :S also sistene chapel took ages to get around the corridors to this little church seemed to take an age !! but it was good in the end.
the day after we went to the coloseum, the forum, panthion, and the best .. trevvi fountain ! ash couldnt walk as much tho because her ankles swelled up the night before and it was painful :( but we managed to get around everythin and had a big fat icecream at the end mmmmm melon :D we also got conned in a coloseum tour which wasnt cool, she just read out of a book but walkin around it was good.
We had a great time at the parent's boat it was great to see them and looking forward to corfu in four weeks yaaayy !! also thanks for the great food and bikes and sunken soap (sorry) and Qatar hat and towel and book and maps :D
just left there at 2pm after an emotional farewell :( to catch a bus at 2pm to catch a train to Rome and now we're waitin for an overnight train to Venice which shud be good
write soon Ciao !! xxxx