Venice

More from Italy. We spent our last two days in Italy in Venice. It was considerably colder and more rainy this far north, but was still quite spectacular.

St. Mark's Square. The first day, there was a University graduation taking place in the square which was really neat to stumble upon. But, since we went during the high tide season, the square was flooded (12" the second day we went!) which was quite the experience.

People were selling these boots to avoid getting your shoes wet in the flood, but they look silly and were ridiculously expensive (20 euros for a newspaper bag to fit over my boots? No thanks.) 

Don't worry, though! I still have a few more episodes up my sleeve, mostly pertaining to FOOD IN ITALY. So good. 

Florence

As promised, here's more from our trip to Italy! After four nights in Rome, we took the train to Florence, which was by far my favorite city that we visited. The weather was a little rainy and cold compared to Rome, but it was ok! I still loved it.

We climbed to the top of the Cupola (the red dome) on our first night there- the views were spectacular, and we got there right before sunset which was cool!

Obviously we had to go see David.

Day trip to Pisa.

The Ponte Vecchio- great shopping!

Stay tuned for more!

Rome

Our first stop on our Italian journey was Rome. Despite overcoming jet lag, we made the most of our 4 days in Rome and saw a lot. Here are a few pictures- they in no way show you how awesome and incredible everything is, but you get the idea.

At the Colosseum. 

Roman Forum

Bronze statue of Marcus Aurelias. His foot is like 20" long, for reference.

Before going to the Sistine Chapel. I couldn't take a picture inside of the Chapel, but it was incredible! 

Swiss Guard. 

St. Peter's.

The Pantheon.

Spanish Steps.

This is the Trevi Fountain. It's being renovated, so this is the best picture I could get. I guess we will just have to go back once the renovation is complete!

Stay tuned for more Italy pictures!

Preface to Italy

So, Dad and I just spent 10 days in Italy- 4 nights in Rome, 3 in Florence, and 2 in Venice. I'm trying to sort through all of my pictures and figure out how to group them for more blog posts, but it might take some time. Bear with me!

But until then, here are a few previews!

Horses, Cows, and Puppies

I took Charlie up to the Ranch for a day last week to visit Dad while he was puppy-sitting. Though it was a bit cold, we still managed to have a lot of fun! Here are some pictures from that day.

Breakfast time with the cows. 

Horse kisses

Charlie's a real cow-poke now!

Charlie also rolled in some cow poop and was promptly bathed... that boy.