Did not set an alarm for our early morning to Rome because I left my purse with my phone in it down an Fr. Don's. My dad went to retrieve it, and I think I jumped into the pool with my purse, because it was soaking wet, luckily it is leather and protected my phone. Kayla and I threw our remaining things into our bags and were out the door. I slept the entire way to the train station, and all the way to Rome. My body is so messed up. We checked into our hotel and ...

Wedding day has come! Kayla, Brandon, and I started the day walking to Wanda and Tom's villa for breakfast with Warren because no one else was awake yet. We walked down to Fr. Don's villa to use the Internet for a while. It turns out last night got a little crazy with overflowing hot tubs, people locking doors and then passing out, climbing on the roof, and sleeping on the ground. Not overly upset for missing out on those activities because tonight is sure to be ...

Woke up early, found free parking, and walked to the train station. We bought our tickets to Monterosso the furthest town in Cinque Terre where we started our hike. The paths go along the terraced hillsides filled with vineyards, forest, and olive groves. The paths were rough and rocky with really steep steps but it was awesome and had amazing views....and was a crazy good workout. Monterosso is the biggest of the 5 towns and is beautiful. The first leg of the hi...

Today we left for Florence for the day. Figuring out navigation while driving in Italy has been challenging, but after their excursion to the winery the other day, Aaron and Jessa have become pretty good at navigating. We got a bit more confused when we got to Florence and were trying to find free parking for 3 cars. By the time we got to the right parking location we were an hour late for our tour of the Uffizzi Gallery. While Bernie and Wanda figured out our ti...

We left today at 8 am for a tour of Assisi with most of the wedding group. I woke up at 3 am unable to fall back asleep for at least 2 and a half hours, so today I am sadly more tired than yesterday. Our first stop was to a basilica one of the churches that St. Francis rebuilt and where he died. This small chapel has been conserved and a basilica has been built around it...pretty neat. We drove up the hill to Assisi and visited St. Chiara's church. Her body did n...