I suppose it was a little spontaneous on my part (after dating someone for seven years I suppose you can’t really call it spontaneous), but two weeks before we went to Italy I decided it was time for me to lock up this wonderful woman before she got too tired of waiting for me. I [...]
Here are a few more photos from our first day in Venice. Such a fantastic city.
We have just left Venice and are on our way to Florence. I have mixed feelings about leaving Venice. It is such an amazing city and I was having such a good time there, but I am also very excited about going to Florence. Venice was so much fun. After checking into our amazing hotel, [...]
I thought I would add a few more photos from Milan.
As you can probably tell, these posts are coming a day or two between the days they actually happen. Depending on where we are, internet connection and time determine when I can post. Right now we are on the train to Venice and I will be recounting some of our time in Milano. We [...]
We arrived in Monterosso, Cinque Terre’s northern most city, early this afternoon. Coming in on the local train we saw bits and pieces of the city’s that make up Cinque Terra and were immediately struck by how unreal it all looked. I remember thinking to myself that places like this really don’t exist. It is [...]
We began our day at the Borghese Museum. It was incredible to see some of Bernini’s sculptures, but even more interesting was the grandeur of the Borghese home. The amount of art and detail in someone’s home was shocking. I guess I really shouldn’t have been surprised, because this was one of the richest families [...]
We woke up to the most amazing breakfast. The land-lady for the apartment we are renting brought a dozen pastries, yogurt, coffee, tea, and juice while we were all still sleeping. It is the best way ever to wake up. We had told her yesterday that we had purchased tickets for the Vatican Museum and [...]
We just got home from the most amazing Italian dinner. We were sitting just outside the Vatican walls and going very Italian style. Sitting on the sidewalk and eating at 9 pm. The food was amazing; Susan and I both had handmade ravioli, Darin had seafood pasta and Amy had salmon. It was such good [...]
We arrived in Rome this morning and immediately fell in love with it. Our apartment is three blocks from the entrance to St. Peters square and we have a gorgeous view of the Basilica from our window. Being here is completely surreal. Walking through St. Peters is like being on a different planet. There is [...]
