Going Home

What a crazy, wonderful, busy two weeks. Sad to leave, but happy to go home. Probably the best way to end a trip!

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Going To Edenbridge Town

Headed south for a visit with friends and a bonfire night parade.

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London Eye

High above London. What a view!

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Trafalgar Sqaure At Night

A very good time to go, if you ask me. The pigeons are sleeping, so it's safe from birds!

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Fiesole And SUN!

Yay! Sun (and wind), but Fiesole is great! Check out the huge smiles!

Happy Hallowe'en!

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Piazza Delle Repubblica

Sigh. Rain. We were supposed to go to Fiesole today. But it's a sunny weather place. Maybe tomorrow. Instead we visited Piazza delle Repubblica and did some shopping.

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Arno River With Ponte Vecchio Behind

We made it to Florence. Quite a change in pace from Rome, but so far, we love it!

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Ponte Palatino

A quick stop on our way to Trastevere, where we indulged in pizza and gelato for the millionth (or so) time since our arrival in Italy!

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Ancient Ruins

Today was a day of ruins. Not only did we visit the Colosseum, we went to the Palatino and the Roman Forum.

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Spanish Steps

We made it to Rome and visited at least three major sights this afternoon: the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and the Vatican City.

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Italian Roots?

Today we ventured up to the "small" village where my great-grandfather's family came from. It was a much larger town than we thought and we (of course) timed it perfectly and arrived during the lunch time shut down, but we had a lovely lunch at a restaurant tucked behind the theatre that we think doesn't often get tourists!

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Fontana Delle 99 Cannelle

It was drizzly today - not rainy really, just damp. We walked down a LONG, windy hill to find the Fontana delle 99 cannelle. And once we found it, we had to walk back up the REALLY long hill! Cobbles+drizzle=slippery slopes!

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Forte Spagnolo

We don't look too exhausted after our long trek to L'Aquila.

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Waiting In Heathrow

We're still waiting. And we still want to get to Italy!

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Waiting In Vancouver

The wedding is over, we'd just really like to get to Italy...

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