Last installment: Florence and Rome! The art we saw here was to-die-for: Michaelangelo's David, La Pieta, and the Sistine Chapel, Raphael's School of Athens, and so much more. LOVE. Did y'all know I was one studio art class away from graduating with an art history minor? Not that I remember much or can dish Dali or Goya with you or anything. But I appreciate art, even after 16 days of it.
Anyhoo, here's what we saw and did in Florence.
The Duomo
Ponte Vecchio
He's saying, "STOP BUMPING INTO ME, CROWDS OF TOUR GROUPS!!!"
Dinner in an off-the-beaten-path square
The sun set at around 8:30 every night, so we hardly saw night time (we're old and go to bed early, a far cry from vacations past!)
Florence from Piazza Michaelangelo
Brett yelling "Monkey! Monkey woman!" at me and doing a monkey dance from across the square. This guy.
What? It was bright.
Selfie in our hotel room. So much pasta in there and a tiny little baby too, the size of an avocado.
Now in Rome, the Spanish Steps.
At the Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City
The very crowded Trevi Fountain.
By this time, we were pretty sick of crowds. LOL
An impressive sarcophagus
"Are we done looking at art yet?"
The Colosseum! Amazefest!
Love this guy
More gelato!
The Pantheon at night under a full moon
The Mouth of Truth (I love Roman Holiday!)
More pizza! Husband is actually THRILLED.
Our last meal of pear salad, gnocchi, spaghetti, and of course gelato!
Quite the finale!
On the bus going to the airport! We don't want to sit on a plane for 14 hours!
It actually felt GREAT to come home and get back to some sort of routine. This trip was SO FUN but also a lot of work! And the walking killed us. LOL. I would say as far as relaxing trips go, this one is not high on our list. I'm glad we didn't do this for our honeymoon and lounged around in Thailand and Cambodia instead. LOL. That's just us.
It was super romantic though! Thank you again, Brett, you are definitely my best travel buddy. I was a whiny, grumpy, tired, hungry preggers chick and you handled me like a champ! We learned that afternoon naps, silly jokes, and frequent snacks are MUSTS, LOL :) When's our next trip together? ;)
Happy Memorial Day Weekend, y'all!
