Ciao Italia - photo dump

- July 24, 2022

Italy was incredible.

Part 1: New York (at the bottom)

Part 2: one afternoon in Rome and a train to Florence

We explored the streets and saw the coliseum, Trevi fountain (being cleaned so not functioning), the Rome temple, Vatican City and St Peter’s Basilica. We met up with Josh’s cousins for dinner there.

Part 3: three days in Florence

We walked and walked. Hiked to the top of the dome of the Duomo and learned so many fascinating things

Ate gelato daily. Fave flavors were cinnamon, pineapple-ginger, and all the rest except rum was a bust

Bought leather jackets

Visited the Uffizi gallery and Academia and saw David - amongst other impressive and magnificent sculptures and works of art

Drove to San Marino - the oldest republic. Super cool tower views

Part 4: two days in Rimini

Church and rested

Beach day and cooking class

The final things was our travel home. Our luggage got left behind in Amsterdam. Still waiting on that!

The photos are in no particular order.

Legit police car at the train station I want one

Rome temple was amazing

Rimini beach

It’s really incredible in person

Mass in the basilica

Some of our cooking class food

Yeah- that’s the actual coliseum

These statues of the apostles have some cool symbolism incorporated

Vatican City in the background

Our cute room in Rimini

Outside the Basilica

Santa Croce

Train trip

The ceiling of St Peter’s

We learned to make tagliatelle

I’m a sucker for a good view. This is Florence from the top of the Duomo

Ponte Vecchio bridge behind us

San Marino tower in the background

Outside the Duomo that we climbed

These streets are so fun to walk around

These boys had such a great time. And I gotta say, the girls like hanging out together too!

This was the church building in Rimini. Probably 50 people including us. They did not run the A/C and we wished they would (we could see a unit on the wall but it was off)