Rome. The final city of our France & Italy trip. I had been to Rome once previously in high school and saw all the standard Rome sights, which is just as well, since we were greeted by a Trevi Fountain under scaffolding this time. We stayed in the Trastavere district and explored everywhere on foot. See…
Cinque Terre, the ‘five lands’ in Italian, is a series of five fishing villages balanced charmingly and precariously along the coast of northern Italy. We took a train from Venice to the nearby city of La Spezia, and from there, we took the small train that connects the five towns. It’s such a beautiful place….
As a quick day trip from Venice, we took a vaporetto, a ferry boat, to the neighboring islands of Burano and Torcello. Burano is known for its colorful houses and handmade lace, and Torcello is the oldest continuously populated island in the Venetian Lagoon. I made a collection of all the colorful houses! Burano is…
A city built on water. Venice is a maze of canals and winding little alleys that meet at all sorts of odd angles. It’s absolutely beautiful with its plaster and brick buildings that seem to be on the verge of falling apart. Of course, instead of being a small, charming town, it’s become overrun with tourists and…