I really love having my brother around.
Aren’t you jealous he didn’t send you this picture?
Italy Day 9: The Cinque Terre – American Beach Bum Edition
There isn’t much to say about day 9, because we did absolutely NOTHING on this day! This was the ‘relaxation’ day. This was the day we were going to hang out by the Mediterranean sea and just veg!
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Italy Day 8: The Cinque Terre
As day 8 dawned, we were extremely excited to get exploring the Cinque Terre. This turned out to be one of the most amazing parts of our trip, and here’s why…
Italy Day 7: Florence – Pisa – La Spezia
Day 7 has arrived! We planned to leave Florence on this day and travel northwest over to the Cinque Terre.
Italy Day 6: Florence
Day six was our second day in Florence, and the mid point of our trip. How did I know it was the mid point? It was time to do LAUNDRY!
Italy Day 5: Florence
We decided to sleep in again on Day 5, because we were in no hurry to get to Florence. We had all day to get there, and trains ran basically every hour, so we didn’t get to the train station until about 11 o’clock or so.
Italy Day 4: Villa Borghese
We woke up a little later on Day 4 and were quite sore from all the walking during Day 3 and the Vatican, but we were NOT to be stopped! Day four was sort of our wildcard day – we weren’t sure what we wanted to do. Paulo recommended that we take in the Villa Borghese and the Borghese Gallery – a PERFECT decision and a PERFECT day!
Italy Day 3: The Vatican
We woke up early on Day 3 so we could get down to the Vatican and get into one of the first tours of the Vatican museum.
Italy Day 2: Ancient Rome
In spite of our late start and missed breakfast, we hurried and finished getting ready at our B&B and took off toward the ancient Roman sites in the southern part of the city. As we neared the part of the city with the ruins, we were ready for our first real italian meal. Thankfully, Audrey led us down a strange alley that took us past this great little restaurant. The inside walls were the color of Pepto Bismol, and the ceiling had all of this amazing brick arches running through it.
It was at this moment that I ate the most incredible lasagna of my life! The pasta was fresh, the sauce was fresh and there wasn’t too much of it, the cheese was perfect. It really tasted like some Italian grandma was back there making this stuff.