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Hi friends, welcome back to my Italy series! As with most people that visit Florence, the Duomo, officially called Cathedral di Santa Maria del Fiore, was my favorite sight in Florence. I loved walking by this beautiful church every day and it’s hard to appreciate the sheer size of this iconic sight until you see…
Continue reading ➞ Florence – Climbing the Duomo
Hi friends, welcome back to my Italy series! After exploring the Uffizi Gallery and grabbing sandwiches for lunch, Jon and I headed to visit the Basilica of Santa Croce. Tickets are eight euros and we purchased them onsite. You can also purchase an audioguide, but we passed on this. Santa Croce is the largest Franciscan…
Continue reading ➞ Florence – Santa Croce, Santa Maria Novella & Accademia
Hi friends, welcome back to my Italy series! The first museum on the agenda, and one of our favorite museums of the trip, was the Uffizi Gallery. Florence was the birthplace of the Renaissance (1450-1500) and this museum houses the greatest collection of Italian paintings by Leonardo, Raphael, Caravaggio, Michelangelo, and Botticelli. I booked our…
Hi friends, welcome back to my Italy series! After checking into our hotel and having our first Italian meal, it was time to explore Florence. You never would’ve guessed it was hailing and nasty earlier because the sun came out and it felt like a brand-new day. I immediately fell in love with the quaint…
Continue reading ➞ Florence – Piazza Michelangelo & Ponte Vecchio
Hi friends, welcome to my long awaited Italy vacation series! I started planning this trip in 2019 when Jon and I were planning to have our June 2020 Italian honeymoon. I didn’t get too far in the planning because an unpredictable global pandemic kept pushing back our trip, and it’s not fun cancelling dreamed about…
Hi friends, welcome back! Jon and I are home from Italy and it was everything we dreamed of and so worth the wait. We already miss our almost daily gelato, the peacefulness of Positano, the charm of Florence, and the amazing sites in Rome. We didn’t want to leave, but it’s always good to be…
Hi friends, this post is coming to you from Positano! I wanted to say hello and reassure you that I haven't disappeared. Jon and I are having the best time in Italy filled with lots of sightseeing in Florence and Rome, and now we're relaxing in the Amalfi Coast. Today is extra special because we're…
Hi friends, welcome back to the conclusion of my Germany and Austria series 🙂 After completing our Salzburg Sound of Music DIY tour, we checked out of our hotel and arrived at the train station about an hour before our train departed. I was getting nervous because nobody was at the train station, but apparently…
Hi friends, welcome back to my Germany and Austria series 🙂 While planning our trip, I saw we’d be close to Salzburg so I immediately added it to my itinerary to live out my Sound of Music dreams! I didn’t gracefully spin on top of an idyllic mountaintop, but we did have fun recreating the…
Continue reading ➞ Salzburg, Austria – DIY Sound of Music Tour
Hi friends, welcome back to my Germany and Austria series 🙂 After leaving Eagles Nest, we drove about forty minutes to Salzburg to return the rental car and check into our hotel. We stayed at Hotel IMlaur Pitter and got a free upgrade to the Double Classic room. It was spacious, clean, and the bed…
Continue reading ➞ Salzburg, Austria – Hohensalzburg Fortress