kyle and i spent two days in venice. it is a maze of a city; we wandered the streets for hours and only once ended up back on a street that ze had already been on. the gondolas were expensive, so we enjoyed the, from afar. great shops and markets topped off with no cars!

Venice was definately one of my favorite cities--we did everything tourists are supposed to do--gondale ride, pizza by the pound, beach all afternoon, gelato---wonderful!! Pictures are coming soon!

Today we enjoyed sleeping in and laying around on the beach! The sun and sand are just what we need after so much travel and time schedules!! We are really enjoying Italian food...especially the pizza! On the way home from supper tonight, we heard FIREWORKS! We walked to the water front, and there, we finally got to see them! It may have taken u...

This morning, we left Rome and took a train to Pompei to see the ruins left by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. It was really cool to walk around and see what is left of the town. In around 1748, they found it and began to unearth and discover what was buried underneath 30 feet of lava! They found so many things such as jars and marble statues, hom...

Today was a great day! We slept in again and then we went to the beach. We have really enjoyed the past few days of relaxing and not rushing to be anywhere! The sun was very hot today, and I really only made it for about 2 hours, in which time I managed to get a little red! We found a great pizza place for supper and took our pizza to the waterf...