CIAO!
As some of you may know, two yeas ago, my parents purposely planned a three week vacation to Italy without my sister and I. If you don't recall this, please reference the Neitzel Christmas letters years 2014 and 2013. I know it was like a second honeymoon for them and they didn't have to take us but....
Clearly they don't understand Ohana.
Whatever. Two years later I could finally have my revenge... Going to Italy without THEM!
Take that SUCKASSSS. (Sorry Amanda)
Now that you have a little background, I can tell you all about my travels. I took a lot a pictures so prepare yourself.
Florence:
My friend Caro and I decided to leave a couple days early to go to Florence before meeting up with the rest of our group in Rome.
We took a metro, a bus, a train, a plane, another bus and another train until we successfully arrived in Florence.
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| I don't even remember what mode of transportation this was taken on |
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| Touchdown in Italy |
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| Our hostel! Clearly we had the honeymoon suite lol |
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| The most gorg building I have ever seen. Santa Maria del Fiore |
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| The most gorg building I have ever seen plus gelato |
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| At the top of the Duomo! |
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| Hiked up 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stairs to see this |
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| But, it was worth it because this was probably the only thing I studied in Architecture class that I remembered |
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| Looking below at all the peasants |
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| We didn't pay 23 euro to go look at the statue of David. But we saw a copy of it... |
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| My breakfast pretty much everyday |
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| Basilica di Santa Maria Novella |
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| Tomb of Galileo |
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| Tomb of Michelangelo |
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| Seriously so amazing and my new computer desktop background |
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| A bottle of Tuscany wine overlooking the city. My favorite night of the trip |
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| Oh that's just me doing Florence things |
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| Inside Santa Croce Basilica |
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| Santa Croce Basilica |
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| ERRMUHGERD SO CUTE |
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| My favorite meal from the entire trip. Best wine, best bread. |
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| And OHMYLORD best pasta. |
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| I'm ready to return |
I would like to thank Allison Proud for her contribution to this trip. I made her type out everything we should do, eat and see while we were there. I did just about everything she suggested and had a fantastic time. SO THANK YOU ALLI.
I would also like to apologize to Allison Proud for sending her pictures and snapchats of all the things she told me to do, eat and see while I was there. I sent her a picture of just about everything she suggested and rubbed it in her face. SO MY BAD ALLI.
Rome:
After 2.5 days in Florence, Caro and I said goodbye to our honeymoon suite and headed to Rome. A couple of our friends from school were meeting us there. Now this is where all the real Lizzie McGuire magic happened.
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| The Roma Gang |
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| Not sure the name of this... |
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| SO COOL |
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| Just imagine gladiator fights RIGHT HERE |
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| AND HERE |
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| The Roman Ruins |
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| Ruins |
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| It was really cool to walk around here |
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| The Roman Forum |
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| This was my favorite thing we did |
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| Look how amazing it all is!! |
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| And look over here too. |
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| All that's left of a small basilica |
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| The original bronze doors on the original hinges. 2,000 year old doors! |
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| Arch |
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| My favorite part of all basilicas is the ceiling |
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| Because it usually is the most decorative and untouched |
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| Hi yes, I would like to rent a scooter and a hot Italian boy to drive me around? |
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| Pantheon: Not going to lie, I confused the Parthenon with the Pantheon so I was confused when I walked in. |
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| My friends from back home all took super artistic photos here. So I had to too. |
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| Austin 2011 |
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| Alli 2013 |
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| I needed to see what they were looking at. |
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| Pope Francis!!! |
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| Kissing babies and blessing people. Being all awesome. |
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| Vatican |
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| Vatican Museum: Mummy |
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| Vatican Museum: Torso. One thing I actually remembered from Art History class |
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| Vatican Museum |
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| Vatican Museum |
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| Vatican. So breathtaking |
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| Vatican: Pieta by Michelangelo. The only other thing I remember from Art History |
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| Crazy how huge this place is |
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| You would need a good week to see everything in here |
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| A nice picture of us looking HANGRY |
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| Hey Marissa, did you get to throw a coin in and wish for a life of happiness, true love and good health at the Trevi Fountain? |
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| NO IT WAS CLOSED. |
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| Trastevere Streets |
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| Oh wait I remembered this from Art History too. |
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| THE BRITISH ARE COMING!! Wait, that might be wrong. |
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| Hey girl... |
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Catacombs. Sadly there were no bones and skulls
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And the food you may ask? It wasn't as delicious as Florence but it was still great. I posted my two favorite meals below.
Overall, it was a great trip and I got to see all the places Lizzie saw. Disappointed I didn't see Paolo though...
I can't wait to go back, but next time I'm staying here....
-Ciao
