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    May 10, 2022
    Alex WoolleyHUGETRIP22Traveler

    Dubai transit

    May 10, 2022 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Quite an eventful plane trip! Slept, ate (except for the frittata), went to the bathroom and fainted before I got there! Lay down and had some apple juice and now feeling A OK :)
    I haven’t fainted before so already reaping in the new experiences!Read more

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    Morlupo

    May 12, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    We have stayed at Sara’s Nonna’s house in Morlupo for the first week. It’s been a nice and pretty place to stay at, especially while we were still jet lagged. She feeds us a lot and we have done something new everyday, but have had lots of time to play with the dogs, relax and sleep. She has lots of different plants and has kittens too.Read more

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    Piazza Navona + Saint Ignazio Church

    May 18, 2022 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

    We went to this Piazza and then got pizza and ate it next to the fountain. This church had a dome painted like a dome but it was actually a flat ceiling painted to look like a dome. Don’t mind the odd angles- everything was quite tall so I couldn’t reach for a nicer frontal view.Read more

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    Colosseum + Ruins

    May 19, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Today we did touristy things. Quite interesting. We saw a Colosseum cat which reassured us that we had gotten our moneys worth for entry.

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    Villa Sciarra and more of Roma

    May 20, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Hav been a bit off the grid for posting ! Am still getting used to this app.
    Here is a compilation of photos around Pietro’s apartment in Roma, some Elisa Blu content, a photo a nice lady took of us at the Colosseum except Saras phone had pizza grease on it so apologies for the blur!, and some cute street art at the end 🥰🤘Read more

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    Ostia Beach

    May 21, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    We went to the beach for the day today. We were going to go on the boat that you pedal like in Mama Mia but the people before us tipped it over and couldn’t turn it around to come back to us 😊

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    Us, eats and sights

    May 24, 2022 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

    So we went out for dinner in Roma, I made Sara take photos and photos at the restaurant (call it genetic from father Mike), saw a cute elephant sculpture, ate some Supplì (fried balls), some pastries, a church ceiling (lots of churches coming up don’t worry), I went for a walk to a pretty view at night and took a selfie with my main man ‘Bontemps’ and then went to this really cool Fox Gallery with lots of different artists posters, postcards and wall art! ;)

    Staying here has been very fun as we have done something different each day but not been too rushed and can enjoy actually just being in the city and the streets and all that jazz. It’s so so hot and humid but beats the rain.

    Rock on 🤘    Read more

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    PANTHEON and some extras

    May 25, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    I went by myself to the Pantheon as Sara had been when I had a migraine the other day. I listened to a Rick Steves podcast explaining its history which was pretttyy interesting. I really liked the symmetry of this architecture. The fact that the Dome roof was the same diameter as the cylinder bottom of the building just like a ball in a basket where the halfway of the ball fits perfectly in the baskets rim and the bottom of the ball would touch the ground only just (I hope that makes sense) and that the big engravings on the dome were always perfectly in line with the big arch parts where peoples graves were was immaculately satisfying. I went in the morning so wasn’t too busy but a good time to see the light shine in through the hole in the roof (from heaven). It shone on the 4th and 5th last pictures and the light shining down made the angel look pretty (the artist really new her angles). I tried to stand closer to her (there was a rope so I couldn’t go too far) to get some of that holy light on me and I think it may have reached the top of my hair🥰😇

    Here I have also included a nice jewellery shop, some gelato with Emiliano where we actually finally got our hands on some mint choc chip 🤤👌🤌
    Sara apparently misses the Australian sharks so has become one. No, I have not been able to convince her to wear this masterpiece out. But, thinking about it, I don’t know if I want her to 🤓😬🤘    Read more

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    Luigi’s Church, eats and more Elisa Blu

    May 26, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    After seeing the Pantheon, I went to Luigi Francescos church. Mario could make it but I thought Luigi did a good job as the main character for once. It was very pretty and lots of things were covered in gold. The detail all over its inside was quite nice and I could stare at it for hours. I actually did sit down and stare at it for quite a while. There were some school groups and some youngsters who talked quite a lot so got shushed by the megaphone which got progressively more passive aggressive. There’s only so loud you can go when shushing though so I think they got a bit louder but also came with a bit more intensity each time.

    I saw a cute ferry going under the bridge I was walking on across the Trastevere (which me and sara sigh when we find out we have to go to when we plan to go places- refer to the steps that are currently the bane of our existence in the 2nd and 3rd last slide (the pictures don’t even begin to do the stairs justice though)), and when stopping to take the photo I noticed just how many tourists I was surrounded by as 3 other people/ couples also stopped to take one.

    Sara and I got lunch with her Nonna and her Nonna’s niece so here are some photos of the restaurant and our food that I guarantee is better that the food you are having for dinner. Sorry. I have also included photos of our lunch today to reinstate that fact. Sorry. Today, we had this lunch with Susannah and she showed us her (or I think her husbands) art studio which was so so cool. They do stop motions and some more cartoony works and teach at the illustration school down the street. She is a children’s book author and we saw one of the ones she had written in the book store also down the street. They are preparing for a art festival coming up just after we leave :(( at the start of June and the photos from the one they were part of before covid looked amazing.

    Last but very not least, here is a photo of Elisa Blu’s drawing she did last night. It is her with her boyfriend kissing. She is 5. She told us about him at dinner. Pietro was not impressed 🤌 I read her (or tried to read her) a picture book. Something about the fact that she can’t read and I can’t speak Italian worked quite well when I tried to pronounce certain words. For the most part, we pointed at animals and colours and went from there. I guess we both taught each other 🤷🏼‍♀️    Read more

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    Borghese 🏠⛲️

    May 28, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    From the last few days. This is mostly Borghese content — a smaller but very beautiful museum in what I guess would be similar to the botanical gardens. I tried again taking a selfie with one of the statues and I think the resemblance is a bit closer than of the last one ‘Bontemps’. I will keep trying until I find the perfect match. There is then some photos of the Trevi fountain, still veryyy busy even though it was quite late as we walked back from the Borghese. I also got a gelato on the way back :)

    The last two pictures are from breakfast and lunch we got from 1 of the 3 or 4 pastry shops down the street. The mushroom circle sandwich was my fav.    Read more

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    Last nights in Roma

    May 29, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Here are some more from the Borghese… I think I looked a lil more like this lady than the statue from a previous post so I thought I would share.

    We then went to a pretty roof top for dinner and then saw Emiliano again and I picked some flowers 🌸 and they looked very pretty on Emiliano- really brought out his eyes.

    We did a final washing load (we are very clean ladies) and then went out for dinner with Elisa Blu and Pietro, where we got Trapassini and they were so so soooo good. Pietro gave us a last car ride tour around before we had to wake up early so we catch the train to Florence. 🦋🤘⛲️🌸🎒💚🥰🤓🤌    Read more

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    Il Duomo

    May 30, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Welcome to Florence ⛲️🖤
    So we caught the train in the morning and got to our hostel, dropped our bags in their room because it wasn’t check in time yet and then went to get some lunch. We got focaccia’s and baby carrots from the Pam and ate them at a piazza.
    We checked into our hostel which we may or may not have accidentally booked for the 29th and 30th nights instead of our actual dates; the 30th and 31st. Oops. But it ended up being okay because the lady was really nice. We did book it while we were very jet-lagged so will try to not do that again.
    Then we walked really fast to the Duomo because that made us a bit late and we walked up the 400 and something stairs pretty fast and I mustered up the courage to ask the security guard to take a photo of us, who then told us he would take few so we could change poses 💅
    We then saw him later the next day when we went to get dinner. I hope he gets paid good.
    Sara took a few of me too but some came out a bit blurry. Maybe it was the stairs. The view was very pretty though. And the art inside the dome was very cool. The longer you stared at it the more weird some of the demons looked.    Read more

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    Uffizi

    May 31, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Here is some pics from the Uffizi gallery (a week late sorry). We listened to a Rick Steves podcast during our walk around. By the end, our little Uffizi’s hurt.
    We saw Venus and Sara documented a cute photo of everyone taking photos of her- this scene is actually seen quite often, and sara has taken to taking even photos of me taking photos (she has quite the compilation now). I will try to find some to post. It’s a good thing I have find penguins to post these as I’m sure there are photos of everything I have taken photos of already on the internet. We did mostly just look around though.
    At the end I have also included another statue selfie for everyone xx    Read more

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    Last of Florence

    June 1, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    We stayed with very sweet hostel friends. One was from Argentina and one from Toulouse in France where I am going in July! We stayed up late talking and then had to go to sleep because Sara and I had an early train to Venice.
    Next is a view of our hostel roof where we had a coffee, then a FaceTime with Scout where I am clearly getting some good gossip from home (kidding ) and then a gelato and then we had butter chicken for dinner which was so so good. Don’t judge this cuisine choice I know we are in Italy xx
    I have also captured a replica of David at his fountain and Sara and I have definitely learnt that he got his glute muscles purely from the amount of stairs in Italy. There was also a water fountain that had sparkling water but it was quite acidic.
    There is more photos from the Uffizi too. I like the disco move.    Read more

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    Venice day 1

    June 1, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Here is our first day in Venice. We love it.
    We had the most amazing Brie and prosciutto sandwiches on the train and then a weird but intriguing pistachio croissant which we don’t regret but wouldn’t go for again. Then here are some pretty views.Read more

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    Susan Weiss in Venice

    June 2, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Susan Weiss was French but moved to Italy and was a photographer while her husband was a painter. She made this big exhibition with all of her and some of his work when she was quite old so has since passed but sara and I loved it a lot. She travelled a lot for her work to do shoots for magazines and brands, but in the documentary of her, she said she had most fun photographing more candid moments🤗
    I’ve put a few in here as well as the street we walked down to get out from our accomodation, another picture of the green croissant, some views of the gallery which was so pretty in itself and a sneaky selfie in the bathroom, just for your enjoyment :))    Read more

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    MoMA in Venice

    June 2, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Here is some more art for ya ! First pic is on our way to the gallery ( we thought we were almost there at this stage but were actually heading on a massive detour ), but walking around all the streets was nice 👍
    The modern gallery had some weird art in there if I do say so myself and at times we found ourselves a little spooked. Please refer to slide 18 :/    Read more

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    A boat ! In Venice !

    June 2, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    This was the same day as the last 2 posts but I decided it needed it’s only special recognition as I think it was one of the best days of my actual life. Saras family friend who we are staying with owns the boat and took us around in the canals and on a little tour. His little girl Gemma came with us and steered for a bit too :)
    Sara and I may have gotten another gelato with them after we had had one on the way to the MoMA for lunch because we were late, and had a coffee drink that was basically gelato too, so our stomached that night lived a bit to regret that one (even though 3 gelatos in a day is every kids dream , it would have paid to have an adult looking after us, but we are learning our own lessons the hard way)🥰
    Anyway, we got African food for dinner at a cute local place and opted for some veggies :) and then here is the sunset (only setting at about 10pm) while waiting for the ferry home <3    Read more

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    A bike ride ! In Venice !

    June 3, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Really banging out the Venice posts ! Sorry for it all at once ! I am on a train for another few hours so can’t stop won’t stop x also if I do stop it might not get posted at all so here we are xx

    We went bike riding in an island in Venice ! To a beach ! The beach was not amazing but we went for a swim and that’s all we needed. Sara and I are not people designed to be away from the water - we have been getting moody but this made us very happy. The bike ride was so so cool and it went from North of the island to the South. It was quite safe for bikes ( they had actual bike lanes ! ) and we had bought some bucket hats for some sun protection ( I hope you’re proud of this investment dad) and then went completely incognito on the ferry with masks, sunnies and hats.
    There was one restaurant at the beach so a bit priceyyy but everyone there was so nice and it had a good atmosphere ! The people were all quite funny actually :)
    Anyway, we had not ridden bikes for months before this so we were in a bit of pain later and came home so tired I had a quick power nap before we went out for Aperitivo next to the water on the island we were on (Giudecca) and that was a very pretty view.
    I’ve also attached some pics of the place we stayed at :)    Read more

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    Last of Venice :(

    June 3, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    On the last night (after our bike ride and spritz) we went out for dinner with Flora, Rick and Gemma, the people we stayed with. They were so so nice and also helped pack us lunch for train the next day 🥰
    Here is me eating a mussel, I hope you like. And we dipped bread in the mussel bowls liquid (?) and that was one of the best things I’ve ever tasted. Same with the mash you can see under the octopus 🐙 Gemma was enjoying it too. We played more with Gemma catching the ferry back and then I’ve put some more photos of our room and the water right next to us in too :)
    You can see me standing on a ledge that is basically a window sill and one toe off that and I’m swimming. We sat on it and dangled our feet in the water that’s how close it was. Teenagers would come past in their boats at night which was quite cute and funny that that’s so common even though there aren’t any cars on the island and their homes are surrounded by water¿
    Also the garbage truck and posties and ambulance are all by boat too- I have never seen anything like this.
    We were actually so devastated to leave so soon and we only did that to go see Rosa in Copenhagen but we will 100% be back because it was one of the most amazing places I have ever seen.
    Hope you enjoyed the run down ! See you next time xx    Read more

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    A day in Prague

    June 5, 2022 in Czech Republic ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    So we had two full travel days to get to Denmark with a day to spend in Prague in the middle. Here it is !
    Thai on the train , babushkas , market sausages , churches , the Charles bridge , some pretty streets , a park and an Apple strudel trdelnik 🤓
    A really beautiful place and I wish we could have stayed longer so will hopefully come back !    Read more

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    Rosa !

    June 6, 2022 in Denmark ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    We finally saw Rosa after 2 years of not ! She came to Australia for her gap year between primary school and high school (which is very common for Danes) and went to school with us during that time and became one of our best friends. It was very nice seeing her the first night as soon as we got off the train.
    She insisted on carrying my bag and it was still light out at 11pm which we thought was insane but it would get so dark for so long in winter 🥶
    We stayed in her mums apartment and spent the first day doing some sight seeing of a tower (the one she liked not the touristy one☝️) and then went to Christiana and then a cute uni student cafe. We rented bikes for the week and rode around everywhere we went which was super fun ( and nice and safe because they actually have bike lanes !). The green cocktail is apparently inspired by a juice they all have when they are younger at school and we had this when we went and met some of Rosa’s friends at a bar and hung out for the night.
    Everyone is really nice and friendly :)    Read more

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