Our time in Monterosso al Mare was wonderful. Rick Steves says that the Cinque Terre have a way of messing up your momentum....this couldn't be more true! After the hustle and bustle of Rome, visiting the lovely, quiet, Cinque Terre was just what we needed! Plus, I made a new cat friend! Stippey! He was a cute little black and white kitty that trolls around the town of Monterosso al Mare and waits for tourists to feed him or give him love. While eating at a loca...

Well we couldn't find any sports bar here in Rome that was playing the hawks game. It was all either soccer (yes that's right Europe I said SOCCER) or the one NFL bar that had about five rooms all playing the Steelers game....no thanks. So we had no choice but to get on our mobile devices and keep refreshing the page to follow our seabirds. What a come back!!! So from halfway across the world these two fans say GO SEAHAWKS!!!! Wooooohooooo!!!!

I am way behind in journaling, partly because I got lazy and partly because our hotel in Rome didn't have Internet until the very last day we were there. So I'll try to sum up Rome.... It wasn't at all what I expected. The good. We got to see ancient roman ruins, The Colosseum, The Vatican, Sistine Chapel, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps. All were incredible. For me, The Sistine Chapel was definitely a highlight of the trip. It is an amazing feat of artistry a...

We woke up and headed to Orly airport in Paris to catch our flight to Naples. The baggage check in process went relatively well but was a bit nerve wracking checking bags and hoping and praying they made it to the other side! European airlines (we flew Easy Jet) have much stricter rules on carry on bag size, weight, and therefore we checked our main bags and just brought little carry on bags with us on the flight. When we touched down Italy I had to pinch mysel...

This is the day we had planned on going to see the Palace of Versailles, but it was closed. So we planned to just have a relaxing day walking around and eating and just seeing where the day takes us. We began with petit dejuner (breakfast) at Cafe du Marche on Rue Cler. This is highlighted in the Rick Steve's book as a quick, inexpensive, friendly place to dine. Well....things must have changed since Richard was there as service was slow and not very friendly, ...