In mid-June, we finally took our trip to Italy that we've been planning since 2008. Our initial vacation would have been to celebrate the completion of grad school and involved both Italy and Greece. But since we moved to Sweden unexpectedly, we have been yearning to get to Italy, and in June, we finally did!
We were there for a week and spent half our time in Rome and half in Florence. Rome was fascinating simply because of its age. We are often baffled by living in Sweden how everything is so old compared to what can be found in the US, and yet Rome makes Sweden seem new and modern. The additional perk of traveling to Rome when we did was spending time with my friend from grad school and her daughter, who were also vacationing there at the same time. They visited us last summer in Sweden, so we did the only polite thing and joined them in Rome ;) ha!
We hit the main tourist sites in Rome and had some delicious food and gelato (yum! Toby's a fan too) before the 3 of us set off for Florence. Ahh Florence! That is our kind of town! It was slower-paced, cultured, refined, and clean compared to Rome, and we enjoyed strolling the streets and exploring the sites there as well. It's obviously a smaller city than Rome, which made it easier with the stroller.
Here's the link to all the pictures... yep, there's a lot of them, but they are great memories and show the beauty of Italy!
https://picasaweb.google.com/101852905683847445633/Italy14?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCJilopPst86DVQ&feat=directlink
Beautiful
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