Fairy Lights, check!

next year I’m Griswolding the house

Noddy Holder on the CD player, trees, tinsel, oh yes and Christmas BBQ burgers!

Good job it’s only 1 degree outside and no snow yet.

Mr Fogg is just wondering if a 10lb bird will fit on the grill…aww never mind says Willow, here’s a sparrow, try that.

Yup, have your photo taken with the chubbiest looking gladiator, resplendent with fag hanging out of his mouth and doing his emails!

When in Rome

So wandering around beautiful quiet streets we came across a massive crowd (25) of schoolies all screaming outside a tiny hotel for a bunch of nobody boy band “the wrong direction”.

Personally never heard any of their songs, but I’m sure someone must like them.

Well it’s 10 years tomorrow since we tied the knot in St.Lucia. And it’s a Happy Anniversary today for the in-laws, Turfman and Turfgal.

A little of the soppy bit, I have the most amazing, sexy, beautiful and fun wife who sits in the hotel bar thinking of ways to obtain a €7 desert without paying whilst the bartender is outside smoking the wacky backy.

So happy anniversary and here’s to another 10.

The Italian hot chocolate with cream, which appears to be a bar of chocolate melted in a cup.

Oh and some church where due to budget cuts they never finished the roof

And the scourge of Rome appears to be the immigrants selling “selfie” sticks to plop your smartphone onto. These are more affectionately known as “Nick” sticks, because it’s so easy for a scummy thief to nick your phone when it’s at arms length.

We found a really funky palace on the way to the forum, complete with a canon ball that was fired at the building hundreds of years ago.

All I need is a big sword and a skirt, scrub that all I need is the skirt.

Welcome to the coliseum.

Blue skies and 20 degrees at the moment.

A day of walking and food. After spending time at the Vatican its a 4 mile hike back across the city with a stop for pasta and lasagne followed by ice cream at the 150 flavour parlour. This one stood out the most and Mrs Fogg just had to sample some of this…….

Apparently slightly salty