Venice....

Kenny and I took a quick trip to Venice…and it was an experience. We took the Eurostar train which takes about 3 hours to get there. After checking into our hotel and getting a bite to eat we decided to be a tourist and take a gondola ride . We had a great time on the boat and the weather was beautiful.

Unfortunately while trying to get some cash from our credit card, we found out someone had been taking cash advances from our card in rome…so our credit card company shut our card down and left us with no card and about $50 Euro. So that night we found $1.50 Euro pizza and just looked at all the shops. The next morning after multiple Western Union problems we finally got some Euro transferred.

Overall Venice has been my favorite city….very cool!

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Tomorrow we head back to Rome and will be taking a day trip to Pompei. Only a few more days of our trip left…so we need to enjoy them! =)

Ciao Ciao!

Tuscany Wine Tasting

Tuscany Wine Tasting Day-

What a great day! We started at a Casa Emma where we got a tour of the facility and then sat down for a small wine tasting. We learned about the Chianti Grape Region and tried a few different wines: Chianti Classico, Chanti Classico Reserve, and Super Tuscan.
www.casaemma.com

Then we headed over to San Gimignano Region and went to a wine tasting at torciano. This was a crazy event. The fed us 3 courses of food( which was awesome) and over 10 types of wines. By the end we were all "happy customers." www.torciano.com

After all our wine drinking we went back to florence and took a trip to the School of Leather. The school is in an old church called Santa Croce. Below i posted a picture of them engraving initials on the leather. Very beautiful things!! Here is the website: www.leatherschool.com

Tommorow Kenny and I are going to take a quick one night trip to Venice...hopefully its as romantical as everyone says! =)

Ciao!


Learning about the wine
Mom and Carter time

Carter enjoying the nice weather
Family pic
Enjoying the beautiful vineyards
Infront of the Casa Emma
The beginning of the wine tasting
Yes, we tried all those!!
At the Leatherschool...=)
Carter has Bison Pride!!!
Goofing around with Roger

Checking out florence

Sunday in Florence:

**Got a tour of the city and visited a few churches
**Shopped at the local flea market and shops...lots of leather purses, leather coats, and scarfs
**Went swimming at the hotel..Carter seem to enjoy it more this time
**Ate dinner at a local restaurant...lots of pasta and dessert


View of Florence
What a good looking view...
Michaelengo- statue of David (copy of it..original in museum)
Kenny and i checking out the "backside"
Family pic
Group shot in front of the Dominia
Daddy and Carter smiling for the camera
Group shot
Carter showing everyone his tounge
Street are...very cool!
Needed a little nap...=)
Oh wait he is awake for round 2!!!
The guys hanging out
Swimming in the pool
Goofing around at dinner...roger was being silly!

Carters 1st tooth

Just a quick note...we had a big milestone today! Carter got his 1st tooth!! He had been drooling up a storm the last couple days but today we checked the bottom of his mouth and there it was!

We made it to Florence! All though all we have done so far is eat!! (going to need a big diet after this trip)

Have a great night!

Carter and all the luggage
Arriving in Florence the guys decided beer was a good idea
Carter and mom getting ready to take a nap
We found the tooth! =)
outside the restaurant...really good food! Kenny had wild boar

Leaving Rome...off to Florence!

We had another tour with Francesco today…and it was the best one! We drove about 60 minutes outside of Rome to the village of Overtia. We spent the afternoon walking around the town, shopping, and taking pictures outside a beautiful church.

The next stop was for lunch. Francesco told us to eat a light lunch…but we were shocked with how much food they gave us. We prob ate 10-12 different courses of food. The cook gave us a sampler of all different meats, cheeses, etc. Then they ended the meal with Tiramisu.

Our final stop of the tour was to a small village called Civita di Bagnoregio which only has about 20 people living in it. To get to the town you have to walk up a very steep winding road(pic below). We all made it to the top of the town…with a few stops along the way up. It was a very cool town! We got the chance to taste some of the best olive oil we have ever eaten.

Tonight we walked around Rome for a while and window shopped. Valenino, Gucci, D & G, were just some of the shops we looked into it…but knew we couldn’t afford to walk into! After that we ate at a restaurant outside and enjoyed some Cosmo’s and Beer for the guys.

Carter was in great mood today…just went to bed about 15 minutes ago. Kenny has been teaching him how to wave and to "try and crawl", and we have gotten Carter laughing a bunch the last few nights. It’s fun to see his personality start to come out

We leave for Florence in the AM so I am off to bed

Ready for the tour!!

The beautiful church at Umbreia

Group shot outside the church...

Was really really amazing!

Kenny enjoying the view


We ate lots of food!

Lunchtime...we now know how to make a big mess!!
Civita di Bagnoregio
Right before we walked up to the town
We all started the walk...Kenny ran it of course..show off!!!


Sandy and jim started to get puffy...haha
They needed a rest...so we took a picture from the top!

At the olive oil restaurant

Group picture at the top of the town

Was so beatiful there~

We all made it down to the bottom!!

Carter and Daddy tired after a long day

Kicked off hit pants and relaxed after a tiring hike... =)

We got our 2nd wind and hit the town

Roger and Carter enjoying a cold beer

Once we got back to the hotel Carter needed some internet time-- we were hoping to chat with Olivia, Kendall and Tanner but it was a little to early for their parents to be home from work... =)