**Our pic is of the Trevi Fountain in Rome- b/c we couldn't get one of Pompeii :) We stopped in Pompeii for a few hours on our way to pick-up our Greek cruise over to Corfu Island. It was really neat- lots of old ruins and we had an Italian guide named Vinchenzo! He spoke REALLY fast! Apparently the people of Pompeii had a fast food restaurant, a forum, a jail, a sports arena, and a theater with sound amplification off the floor. We also saw molds of people...

Rome was AMAZING- same a lot again in a little time. We first saw the Colosseum and what a way to begin Rome! It was about the size we imagined seating about 40,000 (half the Big House) and we saw the area were the gladiators and animals fought. So cool that a structure is still standing after that long! Then we saw the Trevi Fountain- a seascape with fountains featuring Neptune. It was very neat, but super crowded- we are glad we came to Rome in the "o...

Sorry we have been SO bad about updating our blog- we have had zero time to! I guess this is a good thing though. Thank you for all the blog posts- we enjoyed them a lot! *Dad- these pics on here aren't ours- they are where we have been though and yes, we have some of our friends and Mom- we have some together- haha! We are having an AMAZING time! I don't know how we will ever be able to show/tell our experiences. Today we are in Florence, Italy. We have ...

Saw the la sagra familia church been under construction for 140 years. very cool very liad back. great shoppping (Kristen). Tapas are wonderful.

Just like the boardgame- lots of walls. Good crepes. Very awesome views of the countryside, and a surprisingly beautiful little church.