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Summer of 2017 we decided to check out Italy. This was a good decision. Venice > Florence > Cinque Terre > Rome

Italy 2017

Florence: Day Three – Arrivederci, Venice!

We left Venice this morning after having spent the perfect amount of time (2.5 days) there, I think. Just enough for ample meandering and planned sight seeing. Any more and we’d just have been retracing our steps. Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament.  It’s a two hour train ride from Venice Read more

By Sean, 9 yearsJuly 15, 2017 ago
Italy 2017

Venice: Day Two – Church n’ Stuff

It rained quite a bit this morning which makes the streets of Venice a very different place. Dry is better, for sure, but it was interesting to see the city under other conditions.  Today we toured St. Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace. The former didn’t allow photos inside, a rule Read more

By Sean, 9 yearsJuly 14, 2017 ago
Italy 2017

Venice: Day One – We’re Not With Him

Many have told us the secret is to just have fun getting lost in the streets of Venice, which is exactly what we did accidentally on purpose. We walked about 12 miles our first day and loved every minute of it. This city is unreal. It feels like every picture Read more

By Sean, 9 yearsJuly 13, 2017 ago
Italy 2017

Day Zero – Directions from Palm Desert to Venice

🚗🚌🚝🛩🛩🚂🚅🚤  Do that for about 24 hours and then you’re there. Seriously, that’s it. *Dusts hands.* We may have ridden a donkey at some point, I’m not entirely sure.  Anyhow, burro or not, we’ve arrived in Venice safely and I don’t think I’ve ever been this tired before. So today Read more

By Sean, 9 yearsJuly 12, 2017 ago
Italy 2017

This is What We Look Like BEFORE Vacation…

…full of hope and excitement, not yet beaten down by travel gnomes or jetlag dragons (letlaggons). Stay tuned for the after shot.

By Sean, 9 yearsJuly 11, 2017 ago

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