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In front of the Arch of Constantine and the Coliseum

 

 

Rob and I overlooking the Ponte Vecchio in Florence

There is way too much that happened before Rob got here for me to even get into, but hopefully looking through pictures will do it some justice. The Friday he came, Feb 27, our class took a field trip to Deruta and Assisi. We visited a ceramic factory and went to the church of St. Frances of Assisi– AMAZING!!! Absolutely gorgeous and amazing to see the life of St. Frances!

 

But, more on the week with Rob! He was here for 10 days! Thankfully our class had a week-long field trip planned for Florence so he got to see a lot of Italy. 

We spent last weekend in Ariccia:

• Walking around Genzano on a beautifully sunny Saturday
• Spending all of Sunday inside because of rain. It worked out perfectly though because we were able to work on some wedding stuff! 
• The hotel staff did a little “engagement cake/party” for us after dinner Sunday night

Our class left for Siena on Monday morning through Tuesday afternoon. We got to visit a winery where the family that owned the vineyard cooked us a massive feast! It was incredible! And the view of Tuscany was absolutely breath-taking. Meantime, Rob made it from Ariccia to Florence all by himself! Not that I didn’t think he could, but not speaking any Italian and never having been in the country, I was extremely impressed. He had to get his tickets, catch 2 trains and get to his hostel. 

Here are a few highlights from our time in Florence (Tuesday night-Thursday night):

• Watching the sunset from a park overlooking all of Florence
• Touring the Duomo, Academia (where “David” by Michelangelo is!) and churches while it POURED outside
• Eating the best Mexican dinner I’ve ever had in my life (In Italy… go figure…)
• Visited the Uffizi Gallery then had the rest of the afternoon on our own
• We took Eurostar back to Ariccia and our cab driver took us all around Rome at night- absolutely beautiful!

Friday-Sunday we stayed in Rome. We saw everything you would possibly want to see in Rome. Here are some main things:

• Friday we started at the Trevi Fountain where we had extremely cheap but delicious fold-over pizza and gelato
• Next, the Coliseum and Roman Forum. We spent a lot of time here, but it was amazing just to sit and enjoy it. 
• A romantic outdoor dinner having a special on their homemade lasagna Love a good deal on good food
• Saturday we walked from the Spanish Steps to the Pantheon then on to Campo di’Fiore. 
• Campo di’Fiore is one of my (and now Rob’s) favorite places in Rome- an open market with fresh fruits and veggies, free samples, dried fruit, etc… We did lots of shopping! The “campo” also has the best panini’s in all of Italy! where we had lunch.
• Then Vatican City to tour St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel. AMAZING!! (More on that later because my class is going as a field trip tomorrow!)

Sad he had to leave EARLY Sunday morning, but we were both exhausted and ready to settle back down. LOTS happened in a 10 day span… Rob flew to Italy, we got engaged, LOTS of sightseeing, lots of emotions but all made this past week absolutely INCREDIBLE!! 

Now preparing for Spring Break… CRAZY!!

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