Today is our last day in Cinque Terre, it's been a really amazing few days. One major difference I've noticed is that people are expected to take care of their own safety here - we walked along narrow, rocky paths on steep cliffs, often with no hand rail. They're very heavily used, these walks are one of the major tourist attractions of the area. I don't think you'd find that in Australia, liability must be much less of an issue over here. Although, they seem to have all the same regulations when it comes to actual construction sites.

People over here are also very environmentally conscious. Recycling is a huge thing, they have so many different bins rather than just recycling and waste. Public transport is also widely used and very reliable.

Tonight we're heading back to Milan by train, then up to Munich in southern Germany. Bis bald, Clare