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Naples

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Today is our last day in Europe and we’re taking it easy. We wandered around the narrow streets of Naples. Our Airbnb is on Via dei Tribunali which seems to have like 100 pizzerias. We also went to The National Archaeological Museum of Naples. It was a great place to visit after visiting Pompeii the…

The Ruins of Pompeii

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Yesterday Ashley and I visited the famous ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The ruins are massive and we walked the entire place in the hot summer sun. We saw so much and there is honestly so much to talk about so I’m going to just talk about two things, food and art. One of the…

The Amalfi Coast

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We took an all day boat tour along the Amalfi coast. Is a stretch of coast line in southern Italy with rocky cliffs and dotted with small Italian villages. There are a lot of old Roman towers along the coast and some interesting rock formations. We stopped for a short time in the village of…

Basilica of Saint Clement

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Today is our last full day in Roman and it was filled with visiting churches. In the morning we took a tour of the Vatican, it was good but honestly too crowded to fully enjoy. Afterwards we visited the pantheon, which is very impressive. Afterwards we got gelato and headed to what ended up being…

Campo de’ Fiori

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Today we got to explore Rome some more and took an Italian cooking class. But I haven’t gotten a chance to talk about the amazing neighborhood we’re staying in, Campo de’ Fiori (meaning field of flowers). This area was mostly unused during Roman times, it frequently flooded. Eventually in the middle ages the Pope had…

Exploring Rome

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Today we got to visit some less visited sites in and around Rome. In the morning we boarded a train to Tivoli Tivoli is about 20 miles outside of Rome in the hills. There are some lovely villas including one made by emperor Hadrian. We got to explore Villa d’Este, it was constructed by a…

Ancient Rome

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Today was our first full day in Rome and our first stop was the Colosseum. I was looking forward to this but seeing it in person surprised me. Its about 2000 years old and still looks impressive. You can see it from far away, its massive up close, and you can still see some of…

Florence

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Today is our first full day In Rome and I forgot to post about Florence. We only spent one full day there and only really got to explore a little. Florence is filled with many impressive buildings but the most iconic is Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore or The Duomo. Construction started in the…

The Canals of Venice

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We have visited two other canal filled cities on this trip but we finally made it to the prime canal city Venice. Really no other canal city can compare to Venice. Our Airbnb over looks a small canal that the gondolas like to use. Ashley has enjoyed leaning out the window and watching them paddle…

Schloss Neuschwanstein

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Yesterday Ashley and I visited Neuschwanstein castle. This is the quintessential fairytale princess castle in Europe. Its only about 150 years old and is situated in the Bavarian alps. Bavarian King Ludwig II ordered the construction of the castle in 1869. As a child Ludwig would visit a nearby castle during the summers and fell…