SO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON!

Combined with the fact that our internet is crap and we cant download or upload anything and the fact that we've been farting around every single free moment we have....It has been a while since I have uploaded anything!

A quick re-cap!

Venice!

View from our hotel room, overlooking the Grand Canal

Ready to go into the church!

Best church. Ever.
 Byzantine architecture is where it's at. 

View from the original Jewish Ghetto.
Highlight- Trying to sneak in to the synagogue and being caught/yelled at by the obnoxious tour guide.

Germany, Belgium, Horses and Venice!

Woah. So much has happend, sorry for the lack of updates.

Germany:

Annie and I met up in Dusseldorf last friday. 

Classic Brockwurst. I can't believe I ate this.

We went for bike rides along the Rhine...

 The Cathedral in Cologne, 

Belgium:

Awesome flea market that happens every day

The Grand Place

Our day trip to the city of Brugge.

Siena

We went to the Palio- an anual horse race in Tuscany. Each of the 10 districts sends a rider and a horse to race. 

Each are represented by scarves. Annette and I clearly just picked which ever ones we thought were cute.

My team (the snails!) Won! They had this huge feast in their district afterwards

Venice!

Watching the euro cup final: Italy V. Spain....
Fail. 

View from our hotel in Venice

St. Mark's cathedral!

A walk in Fisole

This week, the little girl that I nanny for is at riding camp- thus leaving me a week off.

The first few days I was recovering from Rome and my shit-show experience at the Bulgarian

Embassy trying to get my visa. 

Plus- it was hard to do anything because it has been 102 degrees everyday.

Today, however, I decided to go for a day trip to a nearby town, Fisole, for a hike.

View from the top of the mountain

Took a break at a cafe to journal and draw

Graveyard at St. Dominic's 

Monastery at the top of the hill

Tuscan meows

Overlooking Florence

Off to pack...Germany in the morning!

Rome

This past weekend, Annette and I took a trip to Rome.

We stayed at the cutest hotel- small and family run. Close to everything.

Friday:  

Vatican Museums. St. Peter's Basilica, Bourghese Museum

In St. Peter's

Saturday: Coloseum, Roman Forum, Trevi Fountain, The Pantheon.

Roman Forum

Pantheon 

Trevi Fountain

Sunday: Jewish Ghetto, Catacombs

Filling up our water and taking a break on our 2 hour walk to the Catacombs

I liked these guys

View From our Hotel 

Milano!

Sorry it has been a while... I have some solid updates.

Milan

Annette and I had a day trip to Milan on Saturday.

Our first stop was DaVinci's Last Supper. 

We couldn't get a picture inside, but here is one of us outside the gallery. 

 They always say something like, 

"Even though you've seen it thousands of times, nothing compares to seeing the Last Supper infront of your eyes"

Truth. 

Lunch

Ham, Brie, Tomato-Mayo and Artichokes....

(remember when i was a vegetarian?)

Milan Duomo

This was easily my favorite part of Milan. 

You could climb to the top!

Inside the Church

Galeria 

This place was great. Famous for its architecture and famous-fancy shops.

And a super-fancy McDonalds.