Florence's Renaissance tour
2018年6月12日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Checked into our room and headed out to see some sights
The Statue of David
2018年6月12日, イタリア ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
We got to see Michelangelo's David. Wow! At dinner we all celebrated Kim's birthday and Al and Sissy's anniversary (both on the 13th, but we weren't going to eat together then.)
Florence - day 2
2018年6月13日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We had a free morning and early afternoon. We enjoyed rising slowly, eating a leisurely breakfast, then wandering the streets of the Mercato Centrale. They sell mostly leather and scarfs. I found aもっと詳しく
Florence, Uffizi
2018年6月13日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We met up with our guides at 3 and went to the Uffizi. The tour was was way too long for my tastes, bit there were some amazing works.
Later we had dinner on our own at the Mercato again. This timeもっと詳しく
Roma - We have arrived!
2018年6月14日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
One if our many beautiful hotels
Christian Rome, part 1
2018年6月14日, バチカン市 ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
The Sistine chapel was smaller than John had imagined. I had no expectations. I enjoyed the contrast between Michaelangelo's work on the cieling which took 4 years, and his work on the walls a fewもっと詳しく
Christian Rome, part 2 - The Vatican
2018年6月14日, バチカン市 ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Christian Rome, part 3, The Vatican
2018年6月14日, バチカン市 ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
The end of day 1 in Rome
2018年6月14日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Dinner was great. We walked by the Pantheon and I stopped to watch a fabulous musician playing Hallelujah. The Trevi Fountain was absolutely gorgeous.
We finished the evening with a group gelato andもっと詳しく
Ancient Rome (day 2) The Coloseum
2018年6月15日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Such an impressive sight. It was interesting to try and imagine all the marble and colorful decorations on this massive structure that's nearly 2,000 years old.
Rome, day 2 continued
2018年6月15日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We saw the Pantheon, which, since it was a church, was better preserved than most of the other ancient buildings. Most of the other buildings we're basically ransacked for materials to build otherもっと詳しく
Anniversary day, heading to Cinque Terre
2018年6月16日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Met up with the bus after breakfast. We stopped in the hillside town Arezzo. The bus driver, Derrek suggested it. First time there for both Andy and Colleen. I was grumpy because we found ourselvesもっと詳しく
Cinque Terre anniversary dinner
2018年6月16日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Great evening. Arrived early evening, took the train headed to our super cute hotel. Had a great group dinner where they sang Happy anniversary to us and gave us pieces of chocolate mousse cake. Theもっと詳しく
Cinque Terre, Vacation from our Vacation
2018年6月17日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Today I stayed in till early afternoon. Did some laundry, refilled pills and rested. John explored Monterosso, where we are staying, finding the cemetery and church he was looking for. In theもっと詳しく
Leaving Cinque Terre
2018年6月18日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Some last minute doors of the pretty hotel bathroom. All the bathrooms in Italy had a bidet in them. In about 36 hours my clothes still we're not sure dry, so finally took than down in the morningもっと詳しく
On our way to the Swiss Alps
2018年6月18日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
A long and beautiful ride into the Alps.
Swiss Francs
2018年6月18日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Some Swiss money. Very pretty
Stechelburg
2018年6月19日, スイス ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
This morning we had several options, most of which included going way up into the hills via a gondola moving on cables... No, thank you!! Neither of us were inclined to torture ourselves. We made ourもっと詳しく
Along the trail
2018年6月19日, スイス ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Loved our walk. Probably about 2.5 hours. Sunny and pleasant with a slight breeze. I didn't take that many pics of the scenery because it's too beautiful to really capture in a photo. We saw someもっと詳しく
Nice evening in Stechelberg
2018年6月19日, スイス ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Had some fun in the evening with an Alpenhorn demonstration. We all got to try it, and I did better than I thought I would.
We had dinner all together after. The dining room had lots of flies. Oneもっと詳しく
Beaune, France!
2018年6月20日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We've entered the 7th and final country of our whirlwind tour! We only spent part of a day and one night in Beaune, in the Burgundy region of France.
The Hospices de Beaune or Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune isもっと詳しく
Last day on the bus, headed to Paris!
2018年6月21日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Last bus ride of the trip. Our bus driver was quite skilled and made us feel very comfortable. There was plenty of room to spread out. I got some down time here and there, although our tour guides,もっと詳しく
Touring Paris
2018年6月22日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Our last full day of the Rick Steve's tour started with a fabulous private bus tour around the city. Then we were introduced to The Louvre where we wandered for a while. We stopped and had lunch thereもっと詳しく
Eiffel Tower and museums
2018年6月23日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Highlight of the day was going up in the Eiffel Tower. The sky's were clear and I could see for miles from the top. An added bonus was that my MdDS stopped as soon as I stepped onto the firstもっと詳しく
Relaxing last day wandering in Paris
2018年6月24日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We got the opportunity to visit the American Church. It's the expats church in the area. Beautiful building and nice people. We spent the rat of the day casually wandering through some of the Parisもっと詳しく
















































































































































































































